Bilateral agreements signed
- REGIONAL & CONTINENTAL AGREEMENTS.
- East African Community (EAC) Economic Partnership Agreements,
- Treaty Establishing the East African Community-EAC (Customs Union Protocol, Common Market Protocol, EAC Customs Management Act, Sanitary and Phytosanitary-SPS Protocol)
- The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Treaty,
- Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (EAC+COMESA+SADC). SADC is the Southern African Development Community. African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement establishing a single market involving 55-member states of Africa.
- GLOBAL/MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement; provides for Most Favored Nation Market Access, plus creating a framework for unilateral Trade preferences in favor of LDCs (as a result Uganda benefits from a number of unilateral Trade arrangements)
- BILATERAL AGREEMENTS.
- United States of America; a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) was signed with to foster bilateral trade and investment.
- Everything but Arms (EBA) Agreement by the EU grants least developed countries (LDCs) duty-free and quota-free access to the EU market.
- EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement designed to foster economic growth and integration within the EAC region.
- China Uganda has signed trade and economic partnership agreements with China to enhance bilateral trade and cooperation.
- Uganda also has trade protocols with India, Japan, Canada, Algeria and Serbia among others.
MARKET ACCESS AGREEMENT | COMMODITIES | EXPORTERS |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) & East African Community (EAC) | Coffee | Ideal Commodities (U) Limited, Kawacom (U) Limited, Ugacof Limited, Kampala, Domestic Store Limited, Touton Uganda Limited |
Sugar | Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited, Kakira Sugar Limited, Kyenjojo Sugar Industries Limited and Mayuge Sugar Industries Limited | |
Tea | Mcleod Russel Uganda Limited, Buhweju Tea, Factory Limited, Rusekere Growers Tea Factory Co Ltd, Kyamuhunga Tea Company Limited and Igara Growers Tea Factory Limited | |
Dried Legumes | Capital Traders, Katumba Peter, Isaac Musinguzi, Onyango Patrick and Mugerwa Tom | |
Cement | Hima Cement Ltd, National Cement Company Uganda Limited, T & Cremor (Uganda) Limited, Kampala Cement Co. Limited and Tororo Cement Ltd. | |
Cereal Flours (Excl. Wheat) | Azyebu General Trading Co Ltd, Grand Star General Trading Co Ltd, Ministry of Defence and Veteran"S Affair, Ocean Star General Trading Co Ltd and Meselinoh General Trading Co. Ltd | |
Palm Oil and its Fractions | Mpigi Trading & Transit Limited, Somdiam Limited, Kalparila (U) Limited, Bidco Uganda Limited and Akhcom Limited | |
Wheat or Meslin Flour | Bakhresa Grain Milling Uganda Limited, Mandela Millers Limited, Mpigi Trading & Transit Limited, Om General Trading Limited and Bajaber Millers Limited | |
Iron/Steel Bars and Rods | Yogi Steels Limited, Pramukh Steel Limited, Mayuge Sugar, Industries Limited, Roofings Rolling Mills Limited and Tembo Steels (U) Limited | |
Milk and Cream, Not Concentrated or Sweetened | Rainbow Dairy Uganda Ltd, Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, Lakeside Dairy Limited, Pearl Dairyfarms Limited, Rainbow, Dairy Uganda Limited and Brookside Limited | |
Cereal Grains otherwise worked (excl. Rice) | Kasozi Simon, Eastcost Enterprises, Nile Agro Industries Limited, Engaano Millers Limited and Kengrow Industries Limited | |
Unglazed Ceramic Flags, Paving, Hearth or Wall Tiles | Goodwill (Uganda) Ceramic Co; Ltd, Millennium Tiles U Limited, Modern Tiles Limited and Tile Centre Limited. | |
Brans, Sharps and Other Residues derived from working of cereals | Mandela Millers Limited, Bajaber Millers Limited, Bakhresa, Grain Milling (U) Ltd, Kampala Stores, Nile Agro Industries Limited and Mbale Stores | |
Plywood, Veneered Panels etc. | Hong Hai Wood Uganda Limited, Evergreen Wood Industries Limited, Zhong Kai Electronics Limited and Evergreen Wood Industries Ltd | |
Rolled Iron or non-alloy steel | Roofings Rolling Mills Limited, Uganda Baati Ltd, Mm Intergrated Steel Mills (Uganda). | |
Live Bovine Animals | K.B Ranchers Farm Ltd, Nyaki Agencies Ltd, Amb/Vb Alisamu Company Ltd, Nyaki Agencies Limited and Naj Ankole Cattle Traders Limited | |
Other Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles of Iron/Steel | Roofings Limited, Steel And Tube Industries Limited, Tembo Steels (U) Limited, Mm Intergrated Steel Mills (Uganda) Limited |
EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement. | Coffee | Ugacof Limited, Kawacom (U) Limited, Kyagalanyi Coffee Limited, Touton Uganda Limited and Olam Uganda Limited |
Fish Fillets and Other Fish Meat | Lake Bounty Limited, Iftra Uganda Limited, Fresh Perch Limited, Karmic Foods Limited, Lake Eco Fish Processing Limited | |
Live Plants, Cuttings and Slips | Wagagai Limited, Rosebud Limited, Royal Van Zanten Limited, Fiduga Limited and Pearl Flowers Ltd. | |
Cocoa | Esco Uganda Limited, Olam Uganda Limited, Icam Chocolate Uganda Limited, African Trade Winds Ltd and Kawacom (U) Limited | |
Oil Seeds | Agri Exim Limited, Gulu Agricultural Development Company Li Shares U Ltd, Godson Export Commodities Limited and Cinnamon Becard Ltd | |
Canada | Oil-Cake and Other Solid Residue Of Soya Bean | Agri Exim Limited |
Coffee | Bukonzo Joint Cooperative Union Ltd, Friends of Mothers, Initiative Limited, Funzo Coffee U Ltd, Great Lakes Coffee, Company Limited, Olam Uganda Limited and Zigoti Coffee Works Ltd | |
Fruits | Nillavan Limited, Pearl of Africa Natural Spice Expo and Tambiisa Uganda Limited | |
Soya Beans | Ugagrains Limited | |
Live Plants, Cuttings and Slips | Coa Flowers Limited, J.P Cuttings Limited, Royal Van Zanten Limited, Wagagai Limited and Xclusive Chrysanthemum Uganda Ltd | |
India | Coffee | Ugacof Limited, Tata Uganda Limited, Ideal Commodities (U) Limited, Olam Uganda Limited and Ibero (U) Ltd |
Cocoa | Bundicao Limited. Esco Uganda Limited, Bakwanye Trading Co. Ltd, Kawacom (U) Limited and African Trade Winds Ltd | |
Dried Legumes | Discovery Trading Limited, Ideal Commodities (U) Limited, Nature Food Commodities Limited, Heya Cereals Uganda Limited and Swala Trading Co Limited | |
Lac, Natural Gums Etc. | Alliesagric (U) Ltd and Rosin And Turpentine Industries-Smc Limited. | |
Leather Of Bovine Or Equine Animals | Mehak Leathers Exim Smc Ltd, Everest Manufacturing Company Ltd, Hoopoe Trading Limited, Skyfat Tannery Company Limited. | |
Morocco | Coffee | Ugacof Limited, Louis Dreyfus Company Uganda Limited, Ideal Commodities (U) Limited, Export Trading Company (U) Limited and Ibero (U) Ltd. |
Korea, Republic Of | Coffee | Olam Uganda Limited, Kawacom (U) Limited, Ugacof Limited, Louis Dreyfus Company Uganda Limited, Discovery Trading Limited |
Pepper And Capiscum | Jay Fortune Limited | |
Live Plants, Cuttings and Slips, Etc. | Royal Van Zanten Limited, Wagagai Limited and Fiduga Limited | |
Vegetables | Kk Fresh Produce Exporters Limited | |
Special Preferential Tariffs by China | Veneer Sheets | Sanchuan International Ltd, Baili Yuantong International - Smc Ltd, Forestry Wood Import And Export Co. Ltd, Zi'an Duomi Group Ltd and Chengda International Ltd |
Oil Seeds | Kawacom (U) Limited, Bidco Uganda Limited, Africot Trading Co. Limited, White Nile Exports Limited and Nine Five Group Uganda Limited | |
Coffee | Louis Dreyfus Company Uganda Limited, Mbale Importers & Exporters Limited, Ugacof Limited Olam Uganda Limited and Kawacom (U) Limited | |
Plywood, Veneered Panels Etc | Musana Manufacturing (U) Limited, Zhongxin Wood, Manufacturing Company Limi, Mushang Investments Limited, Da Ziran Manufacturers Ltd and Africa Uganda Roofing Steel Limited | |
Goat Or Kid Skin Leather | Hoopoe Trading Limited, S.W.T Leather Industries Limited And Jambo Tannery (Uganda) Limited |