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PRESS/TPRB/259 
14 February 2006 
 
(06-0605) 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW: ANGOLA 
Diversification of production and trade is essential for balanced 
development 
Since the end of the 30-year old civil war, Angola has made significant progress in fostering 
growth and stabilizing its economy, and has re doubled efforts for a better integration in the 
multilateral trading system both in regional and global terms, according to a WTO Secretariat 
report on the trade policies and practices of Angola. 
 The authorities are committed to trade liberalization as a means to secure the foundations for 
sustainable economic growth and poverty reductio n, although effective protection in various 
sectors still remains mainly through tariff escalation. Oil and diamonds dominate the export sector.  
The report suggests that to consolidate recent improvements in macroeconomic performance, 
Angola needs to redevelop sectors other than the traditional oil and diamonds, and intensify the diversification of production and trade as well as rehabilitate the domestic infrastructure. 
Continued help in efforts for landmine clearance in conflict areas and providing urgent technical 
assistance would also help in the stabilization and development efforts.  
The report. along with a policy statement by the Government of Angola, will be the basis for the 
first Trade Policy Review (TPR) of Angola by th e Trade Policy Review Body of the WTO on 14 and 
16 of February 2006. 
 
The following documents are available in MS Wo rd format on the WTO web-site. They can be 
downloaded at http://www.wto.org/english/ tratop_e/tpr_e/tp259.htm  
 
• Secretariat report 
> Contents and summary observations  
> Economic environment  
> Trade and investment regimes  > Trade policies and practices by measure  
> Trade policies by sector  
> Appendix tables  
• Government report  
• Chairperson’s concluding remarks  PRESS/TPRB/259 
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 • Minutes of the meeting (available appr oximately six weeks after the meeting). 
Note 
Trade Policy Reviews are an exercise, mandated in the WTO agreements, in which member 
countries’ trade and related policies are examined and evaluated at regular intervals. Significant 
developments that may have an impact on the global trading system are also monitored. For each 
review, two documents are prepared: a policy stat ement by the government of the member under 
review, and a detailed report written independently by the WTO Secretariat. These two documents 
are then discussed by the WTO’s full membership in  the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB). These 
documents and the proceedings of the TPRB’s meetings are published shortly afterwards.  
 
Print copies of the TPR publications are available for sale from the WTO Secretariat, Centre William 
Rappard, 154 rue de Lausanne, 1211 Genève 21 and through the on-line bookshop at https://secure.vtx.ch/shop/boutiques/wto_index_boutique.html  or follow this path :  
www.wto.org >resources > publications > trade policy reviews  
 The TPR publications are also available from our co-publisher Bernan Press , 4611-F Assembly 
Drive, Lanham, MD 20706-4391, United States 
Next reviews: 
Djibouti : 27 February and 1 March 2006 
United States : 13 and 15 March 2006 
China : 4 and 6 April 2006 
 
For a full list of previous trade policy reviews and the full programme of future reviews go to 
http://www.wto.org/english/trat op_e/tpr_e/tpr_ e.htm#reviews 
or follow this path : www.wto.org > trade topics > trade policy reviews 
 
  
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