Business in Mozambique, Maputo

The objectives of the subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Mozambique” are the following:

1. To analyse the Mozambican Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
2. To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Mozambique
3. To explore the Mozambican trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Mozambican Free Trade Agreements
5. To examine the Mozambican logistics sector
6. To develop a business plan for the Mozambican Market

Mozambican Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements

1. Mozambique and the East African Economic Area
2. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
   1. European Union-SADC Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
4. Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM)
5. African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)
6. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
7. European Union-Mozambique
   1. Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)
   2. Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership (Cotonou Agreement)
8. United States-Africa (AGOA)
9. Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with India and Malawi
10. Islamic Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC)
11. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
12. Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)
13. International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) - Guest Member

Trade Facilitation Programs

1. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
   1. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
   3. WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
   4. WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI)
   5. WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
   6. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
2. World Customs Organisation (WCO)
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)

African Trade and Economic Organisations

1. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
2. African Union (AU)
   1. African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
   2. African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
3. African Development Bank (AfDB)
4. Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership (NAASP)
5. Africa-Korea Partnership
6. Africa-Japan Cooperation (TICAD)
7. Africa-India Framework for Cooperation
8. Africa-BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
9. Africa-Turkey Partnership
10. Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
11. Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

Islamic Organisations:

1. Arab Development Funds in Africa
2. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
3. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
4. Afro-Arab Cooperation
5. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)

Global Organisations

1. Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)
2. United Nations (UN)
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre (INTRACEN)
   3. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
3. World Bank (WB)
4. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
5. International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The Republic of Mozambique

1. Mozambique (Africa) is one of the World's poorest countries (172 in the Human Development Index of the United Nations)
2. Mozambique is a democratic country
3. Mozambican Population: 29 million inhabitants
   1. Bantu
4. The area of Mozambique: 801,590 square kilometres
5. Mozambican Capital: City of Maputo
6. The largest Mozambican cities are Maputo, Beira, Nampula, and Quelimane
7. Mozambique shares borders with Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Eswatini (Swaziland)
   1. 2,700 kilometres, along the eastern coast of Africa
8. Mozambican official language: Portuguese
9. The eleven provinces of Mozambique are Niassa, Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia, Tete, Manica, Sofala, Gaza, Inhambane, and Maputo, and the city of Maputo (provincial status)
10. Mozambique became independent from Portugal in 1975
11. The National Report on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals, showed that of the eleven targets of the Millennium Development Goals, only five of them had the potential to be achieved in Mozambique

More information about Mozambique (EENI African Portal).

Religions in Mozambique:

1. Christianity (56%)
2. Islam (18%)
3. African Traditional Religions (7%)

Mozambique belongs to the East African Economic Area (African Civilisation).

Mozambican Economy:

Mozambique is one of the World's poorest countries.

1. Mozambican GDP growth: 7%
2. Agriculture sector in Mozambique: 70% of the population
3. Mozambican Currency: Metical
4. Natural resources in Mozambique: hydroelectric, petroleum, coal, minerals (titanium, graphite, wood, aluminium), and fishing products
5. Huge minerals resources reserves
6. The most Mozambican dynamic sectors: coal production, financial sector, large infrastructure projects, construction, services, Transport, communication, extractive industries, and energy

International Trade of Mozambique:

1. Top Mozambican export products: prawn, cotton, cashew nuts, sugar, tea, aluminium ingots, titanium, tobacco, timber, textiles, and banana
2. Top Mozambican export destinations: Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (Swaziland), Japan, the United States, Brazil, and India
3. Top import markets of Mozambique: South Africa, Australia, the United States, India, Portugal, China, and Germany
4. The public company GAZEDA manages the Special Economic Zones and Free Industrial Areas