BOTSWANA PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

Course description

This course provides an overview of the things you have to think about before exporting textile & clothing products to the EU. It provides with technical presentations to understand the EU requirements, documents needed and tariffs applied. It includes:

• The textile & clothing market in Botswana

• The textile & clothing market in Europe

• Classification of textile & clothing products

• Access to the EU market

• Legal must

  • Chemicals – restricted substances

  • General product safety

  • Child safety

  • Labelling

  • Packaging

• Common buyers requirements

  • Social performance (BSCI and ETI)

  • Technical standards

• Niche markets

  • EU eco label

  • Ethical home textiles

  • Fair Trade

• EU tariffs for textile & clothing

• Exporting textile & clothing from Botswana with the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement

  • EPA Rules of origin for textile & clothing

• Statistics and market research online tools

• Useful contacts