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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. Nine of the member states formed a free trade area in 2000 (Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya…

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Establishment
Agreement
GDP (PPP)
estimate
Membership
Burundi · Comoros · DR Congo · Djibouti · Egypt
Official languages
Arabic · English · French · Portuguese
Secretariat
Lusaka, Zambia
Type
Trade bloc

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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples37
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

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Membership · 21
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
Official languages · 4
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Arabic, English, French, Portuguese
• Total · 2
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → $1.0 trillion, 12,000,000 km2 (4,600,000 sq mi)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(in other official languages)Arabicالسوق المشتركة لشرق وجنوب أفريقياFrenchMarché commun de l'Afrique orientale et australePortugueseMercado Comum da África Oriental e Austral · 1
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(in other official languages)
Establishment · 1
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Agreement
GDP (PPP) · 1
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → estimate
Secretariat · 1
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Lusaka, Zambia
Type · 1
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Trade bloc
• Chairman · 1
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → William Ruto
• Estimate · 1
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Over 640 million

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comesa court member trade states authority treaty community also southern general africa african common tunisia members economic area regional market

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Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaCommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(in other official languages)Arabicالسوق المشتركة لشرق وجنوب أفريقياFrenchMarché commun de l'Afrique orientale et australePortugueseMercado Comum da África Oriental e Austral.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}(in other official languages)1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaEstablishmentAgreement1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaGDP (PPP)estimate1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipBurundi1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipComoros1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipDR Congo1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipDjibouti1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipEgypt1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipEritrea1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipEswatini1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipEthiopia1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipKenya1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipLibya1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipMadagascar1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipMalawi1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipMauritius1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipRwanda1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipSeychelles1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipSomalia1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipSudan1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipTunisia1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipUganda1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipZambia1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaMembershipZimbabwe1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaOfficial languagesArabic1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaOfficial languagesEnglish1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaOfficial languagesFrench1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaOfficial languagesPortuguese1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaSecretariatLusaka, Zambia1.00infobox
Common Market for Eastern and Southern AfricaTypeTrade bloc1.00infobox

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