{{The EAC Secretariat is show-casing progress and benefits of the regional integration process at the ongoing 9th Mwanza East Africa Trade Fair organized by Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture at Nyamagana Ground in Mwanza, Tanzania.}}
The 29th August – 7th September Trade Fair has attracted a big number of companies, traders and visitors from all the five East African Partner States and also from Hongkong, India and China.
The fair is popular for exhibiting all kind of consumer and Industrial products, services, machinery and technology and has provided opportunity to network, exchange experiences, find partnership and joint venture with the business people from the entire regional bloc.
The Chinese Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzanian, Amb. Dr. Lu Youqing is today expected to officially open the trade fair.
The EAC Secretariat is show-casing projects and progarammes of the regional integration process and the achievements registered to date by the various Organs and Institutions of the Community.
The EAC pavilion is receiving visitors, businessmen and women, academicians, professionals and students who are all eager to know more about the integration process.
Several integration milestones have been recorded for example the successful implementation of the Single Customs Territory along the Northern Corridor which has resulted into speedy delivery of cargo from Momabsa to Kigali, a development likely to reduce cost of doing business and traders could save $45 million annually.
The cost of transporting a container to Kigali from Mombasa has reduced by 32% from $4,990 before implementation of the Single Customs Territory to $3,387, which translates into a saving of $1,603.
The Central Corridor from Dar es Salaam to Kigali and Bujumbura has also started implementing the single customs territory which makes trading across borders easier.
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