Baobab export requirements for AfCFTA (Africa)

GRA Customs requires a phytosanitary certificate from PPRSD (MoFA) for food and agricultural produce leaving Ghana. Destination countries set their own plant health conditions on top.

Proof of origin is an AfCFTA Certificate of Origin, or an origin declaration by an approved exporter or for consignments worth USD 5,000 or less; it is valid for 12 months. Ghana's Ministry of Trade designated GRA Customs as the competent authority: complete the AfCFTA Exporter Registration Form (which gives an exporter reference code), pass a joint inspection by Customs, the Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Trade, and have exit-port Customs stamp and sign the certificate.

Under Annex 2 of the AfCFTA Agreement, plants, plant products and fruits grown or harvested in a State Party are wholly obtained there, and so are goods produced there exclusively from such products. Hibiscus calyces and baobab fruit grown or wild-harvested in Ghana, and dried, milled or powdered there, qualify; blend in imported material and the product-specific rules apply instead.