Indonesia to boost trade with Africa through IAF Reporter: SYSTEMJakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will strive to increase trade cooperation with African countries through the Indonesia-Africa Forum scheduled in Bali on April 10-11, a foreign ministry official said here on Thursday. "Through the Indonesia-Africa Forum we will strive to continue increasing trade cooperation with African countries by reducing both tariff or non-tariff barriers," Africa Director Daniel Simanjuntak said. Economic Community of West African States is a regional economic entity consisting of 15 member countries in West Africa. ECOWAS aims to achieve collective self-sufficiency for all members by establishing a big trade block through development of economic and trade associations,So, by building trade cooperation through ECOWAS Indonesia would be able to seek tariff reduction through especially West African countries, Daniel said. Indonesia`s biggest trade partners in the Sub-Saharan Africa include Nigeria, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagaskar, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Benin, Djibouti whike the biggest partners in North Africa are Egypt, Algeria and Morocco.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 22, 2018 20:15 UTC