Import Export in the Gambia - Business & Trade Investments in West Africa West Africa has a potential market of over 270 million consumers, and
offers real business opportunities for manufacturing and exporting
companies wishing to build a market share in the emerging markets of
Africa.
The Gambia is blessed with a long and glorious tradition of trade. It
is strategically situated at the African end of the Atlantic Trade
Triangle, a trade route dating back into centuries between Africa,
Europe and the USA, Central and Latin America.
The Gambia has the nearest harbour on the African continent to both
Europe and the Americas and within West African countries, Banjul Port
in The Gambia is unrivalled, turning around vessels much faster than
the regional competition. The Port of Banjul is also widely recognised
for its safety, service reliability and unrivalled management system
and has become the port of choice for the shipping, importation and
distribution of products, goods and commodities to the whole of West
Africa.
The Gambia has become an important West African business centre and an
ideal launch pad for trade with neighbouring West African countries
Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania. and also
further afield to import and export to English speaking Ghana,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia and to French speaking Benin,
Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger,and Togo and Portuguese
speaking Cape Verde.
The Port of Banjul is continuously being upgraded and modernised to
meet the needs of a growing trade sector stimulated by the Gambia
Trade Gateway Project.
Africa Free Trade Zones - The Gambia Trade Gateway Project The Gambia Trade Gateway Project is aimed at establishing free trade
zones at sites around the seaport, airport and other strategic
locations around the capital city, Banjul, and designed to operate
within a tax and duty-free environment with fiscal and other
incentives accorded to investors.
A free trade zone (FTZ) or export processing zone (EPZ) is an area of
a country where some normal trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas
are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered to attract
new business and foreign investments.
Investing inside the Gambia Free Trade Zones The Free Zones Act in The Gambia provides the legal framework for
setting up Free Tade Zones and their efficient management. The main
thrust is to create a world-class investment climate in The Gambia for
businesses engaged in manufacturing, processing and export oriented
activities.
Activities authorized for the purpose of investing within the Free
Zones include warehousing, breaking bulk cargo, processing and
manufacturing opportunities such as assembling, storing, grading,
cleaning and mixing goods and products and their subsequent labelling,
packaging and repackaging. Other opportunities include telecommunication and information
technology, energy, financial services and off shore services, health
and veterinary services and transportation, logistics and distribution
services.
Gambian Business Investments: How We Can Help? We can advise on the following. Raising finance, formation of companies, registration of businesses
for tax, social security etc, acquisition of land, buildings and other
assets, immigration, visa & work permit difficulties, employment
issues, drafting standard terms and conditions of business, dealing
with commercial problems, contract disputes, mediation, power of
attorney, court cases, process serving, enforcement of judgments, debt
collecting, taxation of the business and its shareholders..
offers real business opportunities for manufacturing and exporting
companies wishing to build a market share in the emerging markets of
Africa.
The Gambia is blessed with a long and glorious tradition of trade. It
is strategically situated at the African end of the Atlantic Trade
Triangle, a trade route dating back into centuries between Africa,
Europe and the USA, Central and Latin America.
The Gambia has the nearest harbour on the African continent to both
Europe and the Americas and within West African countries, Banjul Port
in The Gambia is unrivalled, turning around vessels much faster than
the regional competition. The Port of Banjul is also widely recognised
for its safety, service reliability and unrivalled management system
and has become the port of choice for the shipping, importation and
distribution of products, goods and commodities to the whole of West
Africa.
The Gambia has become an important West African business centre and an
ideal launch pad for trade with neighbouring West African countries
Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania. and also
further afield to import and export to English speaking Ghana,
Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia and to French speaking Benin,
Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger,and Togo and Portuguese
speaking Cape Verde.
The Port of Banjul is continuously being upgraded and modernised to
meet the needs of a growing trade sector stimulated by the Gambia
Trade Gateway Project.
Africa Free Trade Zones - The Gambia Trade Gateway Project The Gambia Trade Gateway Project is aimed at establishing free trade
zones at sites around the seaport, airport and other strategic
locations around the capital city, Banjul, and designed to operate
within a tax and duty-free environment with fiscal and other
incentives accorded to investors.
A free trade zone (FTZ) or export processing zone (EPZ) is an area of
a country where some normal trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas
are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered to attract
new business and foreign investments.
Investing inside the Gambia Free Trade Zones The Free Zones Act in The Gambia provides the legal framework for
setting up Free Tade Zones and their efficient management. The main
thrust is to create a world-class investment climate in The Gambia for
businesses engaged in manufacturing, processing and export oriented
activities.
Activities authorized for the purpose of investing within the Free
Zones include warehousing, breaking bulk cargo, processing and
manufacturing opportunities such as assembling, storing, grading,
cleaning and mixing goods and products and their subsequent labelling,
packaging and repackaging. Other opportunities include telecommunication and information
technology, energy, financial services and off shore services, health
and veterinary services and transportation, logistics and distribution
services.
Gambian Business Investments: How We Can Help? We can advise on the following. Raising finance, formation of companies, registration of businesses
for tax, social security etc, acquisition of land, buildings and other
assets, immigration, visa & work permit difficulties, employment
issues, drafting standard terms and conditions of business, dealing
with commercial problems, contract disputes, mediation, power of
attorney, court cases, process serving, enforcement of judgments, debt
collecting, taxation of the business and its shareholders..
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