BOTSWANA PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

Course description

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

• The leather market in Botswana

• The leather market in Europe

• Classification of leather products

• Access to the EU market

• Legal must

  • CITES

  • RAPEX

  • Chemicals

  • Labelling

  • Packaging

• Common buyers requirements

  • Technical standards

• Niche markets

  • EU eco label

  • Fair Trade

• EU tariffs for leather and leather products

• Exporting leather from Botswana with the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement

  • EPA Rules of origin for leather and leather products

• Statistics and market research online tools

• Useful contacts