FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA THE

STATUS
OF ELIMINATION OF NON-TARIFF
BARRIERS (NTBS)
18 August 2022

18 August 2022
Naivasha, Kenya
 Introduction

 In the past, governments considered tariff as the only trade barriers to discuss, tariffs
have been substantially reduced unilaterally and in regional and multilateral
negotiations, but again, it was found that NTBs is a serious and dangerous obstacle to
the movement of goods and services regional and international trade. these barriers
including quotas, import deposits, licenses, SPS.

 As a IGAD members we are the most vulnerable since the major exporting products
are livestock and agricultural products, because we produce same products mainly
meat, and agricultural produces, the importing country protect their domestic output
by imposing import barriers.
 NTBs Mechanism of Somalia

• Somalia does not have NTBs

Monitoring Committee

• Somalia has National Trade

Facilitation Committee

• Economic Pillar working group

under the Office of the prime
minister
• Somali Bureau of Standards
• Somalia trade information portal
Contents
 Challenges of NTBs for Somalia

 Poor coordination between government agencies

 Lack of customs humanization within the country
 Inefficient of Quality infrastructure
 Drought is also big challenges the live of the livestock and meet the standards
required from the importing country
 Low capacity of the knowledge for both private and the public related to NTBs

 Financial constraints to create National Monitoring committee

 Low level of awareness, and corruption
 Poor coordination of trade border agencies

Ministries
Standards
Customs
Agencies
Regulatory
Trade Associations
Authorities

Border Agencies
Trade border Government
agencies Agencies

will be a comprehensive, authoritative source of regulatory information related

to all cross-border transactions on a single, easily searchable platform
 Policy Recommendations

• The use of NTMs however to regulate trade has been increasing to adopt countries,
many NTMs have primary non-trade objectives such as the protection of public or the
environment. However, we are recommending the fallowing:
 IGAD Treaty should have specific protocol for NTBs
 In each member state should have National enquiry point to be responsible for
providing information about NTBs
 National and regional National monitoring committee which will work together and
share the information related to barriers. the regional NTB will be responsible for
overseeing the regional implementation of the protocol.
 Enhance the capacity of the staff and the traders to teach them the reporting
mechanism.
 Initiating trade arrangement with Gulf countries and any other potential market.
 Harmonization of policy initiatives within the member states
Thank you!

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