Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

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international organization regional economic community

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic bloc of African states focused on promoting trade integration, economic cooperation, and development across Eastern and Southern Africa.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa canonical 14
COMESA 4
COMESA Customs Union initiative 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization ⓘ
regional economic community ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
cooperatesWith African Union ⓘ
East African Community ⓘ
Southern African Development Community ⓘ
currencyInitiative promotion of regional payment and settlement systems ⓘ
customsInstrument Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COMESA Customs Union initiative
foundedBy member states of Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
goal achieve sustainable economic development ⓘ
create a large common market in Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
promote regional economic integration ⓘ
promote trade and investment ⓘ
reduce trade barriers among member states ⓘ
hasMember Burundi ⓘ
Comoros ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Eswatini ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Seychelles ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
headquartersLocation Lusaka, Zambia ⓘ
legalStatus intergovernmental organization ⓘ
memberOf African Union regional economic communities architecture ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
policyArea agriculture and food security ⓘ
customs cooperation ⓘ
industrial development ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
monetary and financial cooperation ⓘ
peace and security support for economic integration ⓘ
trade liberalization ⓘ
predecessor Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States
regionServed East Africa ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Africa

Southern Africa ⓘ
shortName Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COMESA
tradeInstrument Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: COMESA Free Trade Area
website https://www.comesa.int ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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Zimbabwe → memberOf → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Africa → hasMajorEconomicCommunity → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMESA
African Union → hasRegionalEconomicCommunities → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → shortName → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → predecessor → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → tradeInstrument → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMESA Free Trade Area
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → customsInstrument → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMESA Customs Union initiative
Djibouti → memberOf → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → cooperatesWith → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → hasMajorEconomicBloc → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Zambia → memberOf → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Economy of Egypt → tradeBlocMembership → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
IGAD → cooperatesWith → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Malawi → regionalBloc → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Intergovernmental Authority on Development → cooperatesWith → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Tunisian economy → tradeBlocMembership → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
this entity surface form: COMESA
Regional Economic Communities in Africa → hasMember → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
African Economic Community → recognizedRegionalEconomicCommunities → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
SADC Summit → relatedOrganization → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Tanzania and Zambia → cooperateIn → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ
Zambia and Zimbabwe → memberOf → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ⓘ