© International Trade Centre, International Trade Forum
- Issue 2/2003
ITC's buyers-sellers meeting for the printing and publishing
industry in francophone West and Central Africa (Dakar, Senegal,
May 2003) was reported in several African media. ITC's trade flow
analyses reveal a sizeable market for the sector's products and
services in the region. They also show abundant regional supply
capacity - but there is actually very little trade in this sector
between countries in the region.
The industry, whose products include books, textbooks and
newspapers, was represented by firms from the Central Africa
Economic and Monetary Community and the West African Economic and
Monetary Union. The meeting helped sensitize them about
opportunities to buy and sell regionally.
For more information, contact Imamo Ben Mohamed Imamo, ITC
Associate Trade Promotion Adviser, at imamo@intracen.org