Trade agreements
Sierra Leone belongs to regional blocs and holds preferential access to several large markets. A business that produces here can sell into all of them on better terms than most competitors.
The agreements
Mano River Union
A union with Guinea, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. Together they form a market of about 40 million people.
ECOWAS
A West African bloc of 15 members and about 400 million people. It aims at a free trade area, a customs union and a common market.
African Continental Free Trade Area
An agreement among 55 African Union countries to create a single continental market of about 1.3 billion people.
UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme
Replaces the UK's Generalised Scheme of Preferences. It offers lower tariffs and simpler rules to 65 developing countries.
European Union, Everything But Arms
Duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market for every product except arms and ammunition, for the world's least developed countries.
United States, AGOA
The African Growth and Opportunity Act gives eligible African countries duty-free access to the US market.