East African Community (EAC) partner states traded more with external markets than among themselves last year, underscoring the continued drag from non-tariff barriers and limited diversification of goods and services.
A new report shows that EAC members traded more with countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) than within the bloc. Intra-EAC trade slipped from 12.7 percent in the third quarter of 2024 to 12.0 percent in the three months to September 2025.
