Bujumbura, Burundi, 20-22 January 2020 With recent news that the impacts of climate change could have detrimental effects on global chocolate availability, a National Consultative meeting on cocoa and cocoa products in Burundi is well timed.

Two new policy briefs focusing on the Status of Standards Harmonisation for Selected Agricultural Export Products in the EAC and on Enhancing Private Sector Participation in the Harmonisation of Standards are now available in the resources section of the EAC MARKUP website.  

Representatives of coffee sector associations from the five countries participating in MARKUP participated in a Regional Coffee Advocacy Meeting in Arusha on 10th December,

Trade and Investment Support Institutions play a crucial role in the development of local SMEs and the markets in which they do their business. They play a pivotal role in monitoring, evaluating and managing the results for trade promotion interventions

It has been a busy year since the establishment of the MARKUP Programme Coordination Unit in October 2018. We have steered and coordinated planning and implementation in Arusha as well as in the Partner States

The Codex Alimentarius, or "Food Code" is a collection of standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). CAC was established by FAO and WHO to protect consumer health and promote fair practices in food trade.

 Nairobi, Radisson Blue Hotel, 26 September 2019 The web site of the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme was officially launched in a festive event during the EAC High Level Trade Integration Conference.

The EU-EAC MARKUP Stakeholders Workshop in Nairobi from 19 to 23 August 2019, aimed to improve harmonisation of East African standards by discussing gaps in the standards of coffee, tea, cocoa, horticultural products, oil seeds, spices and products resulting from these commodities.

Delegates from the EAC Partner States involved in the EU-EAC MARKUP Programme and representatives of all implementing partners sat together for two days in Arusha from 25 to 26 April 2019 to jointly develop a tailor-made monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for MARKUP.

Rimini, Italy, May 2019 From 8-10 May 2019, the International Trade Centre (ITC) supported the participation of Kenyan public and private actors operating in the horticultural sector to the Macfrut trade fair in Rimini, Italy. Six Kenyan avocado exporters and four Kenyan institutions, exhibited...

Delays and red tape hamper the movement of goods across borders for traders. In the East African Community (EAC), inefficient trade procedures and non-tariff barriers represent an obstacle to expanded intra-regional trade and deepened regional integration. Trade facilitation – the simplification,...