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Export-led Manufacturing Growth and GVC’s across Africa: An Overview

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  • Jaime de Melo

    (FERDI - Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International, UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva)

  • Jean-Marc Solleder

    (UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva)

  • Patricia Augier

    (AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AMU - Aix Marseille Université)

Abstract

This paper documents African manufacturing exports along several dimensions. Manufacturing exports triply concentrated at 3 levels: countries that produce and export [half of exported manufactures come from 3 countries: South Africa (27%), Egypt (10%), and Morocco (10%)]; sectoral affiliation as 4 sectors account for 65% of exports [basic metals (33%), chemicals (13%), food sector (11%), motor vehicle sector (8%)] destination markets [37% to European markets and 29% to African markets]. Supply chain trade increased in all regions over the period 1995-2015. Africa's average Global Value Chain (GVC) share rose by 13% to reach 44% in 2022. Currently, the import content of gross exports is relatively low, around 15% while the share of exports undergoing further processing at destination before reaching the final consumer is higher throughout, in the 20-25% range.

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  • Jaime de Melo & Jean-Marc Solleder & Patricia Augier, 2025. "Export-led Manufacturing Growth and GVC’s across Africa: An Overview," Working Papers hal-04927380, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04927380
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-04927380v1
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