International Trade Agreements can be of great benefit to the
exporter. The purposes of bilateral or multilateral trade agreements is to
free trade among the signatories to these agreements. You should explore the
benefits available for the product/s you intend to export. Multilateral trading
systems is regulated by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Visit the WTO web
site on www.wto.org.com.
In recent years South Africa has signed a number of bilaterial trade agreements
such as the EU-SA trade agreement which has benefited South African exporters,
exporting to the European Union.
The South African Development Community or SADC is a regional trade agreement
of which South Africa is signatory to. Here too South African exporters stand
to benefit from this agreement.