Non-Tariff Barriers :: Trade barriers in Africa

What is a Non-Tariff Barrier (NTB)?

Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) refer to restrictions that result from prohibitions, conditions, or specific market requirements that make importation or exportation of products difficult and/or costly.

Policy Regulations

24 March 2015
Supplementary Convention on Common Guarantee for ISRT
Supplementar...e for ISRT.pdf
24 March 2015
ECOWAS Inter-State Road Transport Convention (ISRT)
ECOWAS ISRT CONVENTION.pdf
24 March 2015
ECOWAS InterState Road Transport Convention
Interstate R...Convention.pdf
06 February 2015
UEMOA directive limiting controls to 3 per corridor
directive_08_2005_CM_UEMOA.pdf
04 February 2015
Loi No 2014-24 DU 23 DECEMBRE 2014 portant loi de finances pour la gestion 2015
Loi No 2014-...EMBRE 2014.pdf

Report an NTB

Are you having problems moving or clearing goods across borders?

Your complaint will be:

Reported to the appropriate country representatives
Published on this website

Complaint Statistics

422 complaints registered
377 complaints resolved
45 complaints unresolved

Partners/Lead Focal points

	Ghana Shippers Authority Ghana
	Burkina Shippers Council Burkina Faso

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Send us a text message to:

+233 547 38 38 75 (Ghana)

8000 11 39(Burkina Faso)

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What is the problem?
Where did it happen?
When did it happen?

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SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS WHERE COLLATION_NAME= 'utf8_general_ci';	1	1	1
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `acos`	7	7	1	maybe slow
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `aros_acos`	9	9	1	maybe slow
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `complaints`	35	35	1
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `users`	23	23	1
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `countries`	9	9	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `focal_points`	8	8	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `regions`	2	2	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `complaints_regions`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `regions_users`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `focal_points_regions`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `focal_points_users`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `complaints_focal_points`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `towns`	3	3	0
SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS WHERE COLLATION_NAME= 'latin1_swedish_ci';	1	1	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `sectors`	2	2	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `sectors_locales`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `roles`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `comments`	7	7	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `attachments`	8	8	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `location_types`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `locations`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `location_types_locales`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `ntb_types`	10	10	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `ntb_types_locales`	5	5	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `statuses`	7	7	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `statuses_locales`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `ntm_codes`	5	5	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `complaints_locales`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `sms`	13	13	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `tariff_codes`	6	6	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `complaints_tariff_codes`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `tariff_codes_locales`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `emails`	4	4	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `notifications`	8	8	1	maybe slow
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `notifications_regions`	3	3	0
SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `countries_notifications`	3	3	0
SELECT `Notification`.`id`, `Notification`.`region_id`, `Notification`.`country_id`, `Notification`.`title`, `Notification`.`description`, `Notification`.`filename`, `Notification`.`created`, `Notification`.`modified` FROM `notifications` AS `Notification` WHERE 1 = 1 ORDER BY `Notification`.`created` DESC, `Notification`.`title` ASC LIMIT 5	5	5	0
SELECT `Attachment`.`id`, `Attachment`.`class`, `Attachment`.`foreign_key`, `Attachment`.`description`, `Attachment`.`original_file`, `Attachment`.`saved_file`, `Attachment`.`created`, `Attachment`.`modified` FROM `attachments` AS `Attachment` WHERE `Attachment`.`class` = 'Notification' AND `Attachment`.`foreign_key` IN ('55117a49-26c0-4974-9fd9-df16c5bdc882', '551179fc-23d0-4149-950c-dd9fc5bdc882', '551178c6-6ef4-4144-bf09-dc9bc5bdc882', '54d4e89e-c0bc-4e5f-b4ab-1c38c5bdc882', '54d245ce-125c-40c3-9f0e-4c68c5bdc882')	5	5	0
SELECT `Region`.`id`, `Region`.`name`, `NotificationsRegion`.`id`, `NotificationsRegion`.`notification_id`, `NotificationsRegion`.`region_id` FROM `regions` AS `Region` JOIN `notifications_regions` AS `NotificationsRegion` ON (`NotificationsRegion`.`notification_id` IN ('55117a49-26c0-4974-9fd9-df16c5bdc882', '551179fc-23d0-4149-950c-dd9fc5bdc882', '551178c6-6ef4-4144-bf09-dc9bc5bdc882', '54d4e89e-c0bc-4e5f-b4ab-1c38c5bdc882', '54d245ce-125c-40c3-9f0e-4c68c5bdc882') AND `NotificationsRegion`.`region_id` = `Region`.`id`)	10	10	0
SELECT `Country`.`id`, `Country`.`name`, `Country`.`short_name`, `Country`.`fre_name`, `Country`.`fre_short_name`, `Country`.`por_name`, `Country`.`por_short_name`, `Country`.`currency`, `Country`.`member`, `CountriesNotification`.`id`, `CountriesNotification`.`country_id`, `CountriesNotification`.`notification_id` FROM `countries` AS `Country` JOIN `countries_notifications` AS `CountriesNotification` ON (`CountriesNotification`.`notification_id` IN ('55117a49-26c0-4974-9fd9-df16c5bdc882', '551179fc-23d0-4149-950c-dd9fc5bdc882', '551178c6-6ef4-4144-bf09-dc9bc5bdc882', '54d4e89e-c0bc-4e5f-b4ab-1c38c5bdc882', '54d245ce-125c-40c3-9f0e-4c68c5bdc882') AND `CountriesNotification`.`country_id` = `Country`.`id`)	1	1	0
SELECT (sum(if(`Status`.`nonactionable` = 0, 1, 0))) AS `Complaint__total`, (sum(if(`Status`.`resolved` = 1, 1, 0))) AS `Complaint__resolved`, (sum(if(`Status`.`resolved` = 0 AND `Status`.`nonactionable` = 0, 1, 0))) AS `Complaint__progress` FROM `complaints` AS `Complaint` LEFT JOIN `statuses` AS `Status` ON (`Complaint`.`status_id` = `Status`.`id`) WHERE `Status`.`default` = 0 AND `Status`.`rejected` = 0 ORDER BY `Complaint`.`modified` DESC LIMIT 1	1	1	0

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Controller action	76.56
Render Controller Action	32.77
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» » » Rendering APP/views/elements/recent_items.ctp	10.34
» » » » Notification->find()	2.71
» » » Rendering APP/views/elements/stats_summary.ctp	1.23
» » » » Complaint->find()	0.80
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» » » Rendering APP/views/elements/dock_menu.ctp	0.22
» » » Rendering APP/views/elements/ntbbanner.ctp	4.61
» » » » Rendering APP/views/elements/login_banner.ctp	3.13
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Non-Tariff Barriers

Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism

What is a Non-Tariff Barrier (NTB)?

Policy Regulations

Report an NTB

Complaint Statistics

Partners/Lead Focal points

Report from a mobile phone

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Non-Tariff Barriers

Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism

What is a Non-Tariff Barrier (NTB)?

Policy Regulations

Report an NTB

Complaint Statistics

Partners/Lead Focal points

Report from a mobile phone

Borderless News

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