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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Image:COMESA.GIF
Headquarters Lusaka
Membership 20 member states
Official languages English, French, Portuguese
Secretary General Erastus J.O. Mwencha
Established
- Signed
- Ratified
5 November, 1993
8 December, 1994
Official website http://www.comesa.int/

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a preferential trading area with twenty member states stretching from Libya to Zimbabwe. COMESA formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. Nine of the member states formed a free trade area in 2000, with Rwanda and Burundi joining the FTA in 2004 and the Comoros and Libya in 2006.

COMESA is one of the pillars of the African Economic Community. The Secretary-General of COMSEA is Erastus J.O. Mwencha

Contents

[edit] Membership

Current members:

Former members:

[edit] Institutions

The following organs have decision-making power according to the treaties

  • The Authority, composes of Heads of States or Government.
  • The Council of Ministers
  • The COMESA Court of Justice
  • The Committee of Governors of Central Banks

The following organs make recommendations to the institutions above:

  • The Inter-governmental Committee
  • The twelve Technical Committees
  • The Consultative Committee of the Business Community and other Interest Groups
  • The Secretariat. The Secretary General is appointed by the Authority for a duration of five years.

Other institutions created to promote development are:

kenya

[edit] Comparison with other regional blocs

African Economic Community
Pillars
regional
blocs (REC) 		Area (km²) Population GDP (PPP) ($US) Member
states
in millions per capita
AEC 29,910,442 853,520,010 2,053,706 2,406 53
ECOWAS 5,112,903 251,646,263 342,519 1,361 15
ECCAS 6,667,421 121,245,958 175,928 1,451 11
SADC 9,882,959 233,944,179 737,335 3,152 14
EAC 1,763,777 97,865,428 104,239 1,065 3
COMESA 12,873,957 406,102,471 735,599 1,811 20
IGAD 5,233,604 187,969,775 225,049 1,197 7
Western
Sahara 3 		266,000 273,008  ?  ? N/A 4
Other
African
blocs 		Area (km²) Population GDP (PPP) ($US) Member
states
in millions per capita
CEMAC 1 3,020,142 34,970,529 85,136 2,435 6
SACU 1 2,693,418 51,055,878 541,433 10,605 5
UEMOA 1 3,505,375 80,865,222 101,640 1,257 8
UMA 2 5,782,140 84,185,073 491,276 5,836 5
Agadir 1,703,910 126,066,286 513,674 4,075 4
1 Economic bloc inside a pillar REC

2 Proposed for pillar REC, but objecting participation
3 The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is a
signatory to the AEC, but not participating in any bloc yet
4 Majority under military occupation by Morocco; some
territory administered by the SADR
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Most active regional blocs
Regional
bloc 1 		Area (km²) Population GDP (PPP) ($US) Member
states 1
in millions per capita
EU* 3,977,487 460,124,266 11,723,816 25,480 25
CARICOM 462,344 14,565,083 64,219 4,409 14+1 3
ECOWAS 5,112,903 251,646,263 342,519 1,361 15
CEMAC 3,020,142 34,970,529 85,136 2,435 6
EAC 1,763,777 97,865,428 104,239 1,065 3
CSN 17,339,153 370,158,470 2,868,430 7,749 10
GCC 2,285,844 35,869,438 536,223 14,949 6
SACU 2,693,418 51,055,878 541,433 10,605 5
COMESA 3,779,427 118,950,321 141,962 1,193 5
NAFTA 21,588,638 430,495,039 12,889,900 29,942 3
ASEAN 4,400,000 553,900,000 2,172,000 4,044 10
SAARC 5,136,740 1,467,255,669 4,074,031 2,777 8
Agadir 1,703,910 126,066,286 513,674 4,075 4
EurAsEC 20,789,100 208,067,618 1,689,137 8,118 6
CACM 422,614 37,816,598 159,536 4,219 5
PARTA 528,151 7,810,905 23,074 2,954 12+2 3
Reference
blocs and
countries 2 		Area (km²) Population GDP (PPP) ($US) Political
divisions
in millions per capita
UN 133,178,011 6,411,682,270 55,167,630 8,604 192
Canada 9,984,670 32,507,874 1,077,000 34,273 13
China (PRC) 4 9,596,960 1,306,847,624 8,182,000 6,300 33
India 3,287,590 1,102,600,000 3,433,000 3,100 35
Japan 377,835 127,333,002 3,910,728 30,615 47
Russia 17,075,200 143,782,338 1,589,000 8,900 89
USA 9,631,418 296,900,571 11,190,000 39,100 50
1 Including data only for full and most active members

2 The first two states in the World by area, population and GDP (PPP)
3 Including non-sovereign autonomous entities of other states
4 Data for the People's Republic of China does not include Hong Kong, Macau and
regions administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan).
* Although the European Union is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more
than a free-trade association or an ordinary regional bloc, and it has many of the
attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, anthem, central bank,
currency, elected parliament, supreme court and common foreign and security policy.
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During 2004. Source: CIA World Factbook 2005, IMF WEO Database

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