Poor infrastructure conditions in the land transport, maritime transport, and electricity sectors undermine significantly the export competitiveness of many sub-Saharan African (SSA) industries, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) in its publication Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects of Infrastructure Conditions on Export Competitiveness, Third Annual Report.
SSA governments and the private sector are pursuing government reform, increased investment, new applications of technology, and other strategies to improve infrastructure conditions. Many of these strategies have been implemented in cooperation with neighboring countries, SSA regional organizations, multilateral institutions, and development agencies.
The USITC, an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency, completed the report for the U.S. Trade Representative. In the last of three annual reports on sub-Saharan Africa, the USITC examined conditions in the land transport, maritime transport, and electricity sectors; efforts to improve conditions in these sectors; and the effects of these conditions on the export competitiveness of the following industries in SSA: coffee, shea butter, and certain tropical fruit (pineapples and bananas) in the agricultural sector; natural rubber and related downstream products, textiles and apparel, and leather in the manufacturing sector; and tourism services in the services sector.
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