Ghana: Ghana Trade Policy Monitoring Report
Ghana operates in a relatively free market environment. Trade and investment liberalization has been an integral part of Ghana’s economic reform program. Despite this relatively open market, some tariff and non-tariff barriers remain and pose challenges to the importation of a number of agricultural products. Importers of agricultural food products (poultry, corn, seafood) are required to obtain import permits from the Government of Ghana (GOG) before importation. The issuance of import permits for poultry can be discretionary and restrictive because the quantity and frequency of imports are controlled. At the time the poultry permit is issued, a quantity limit and a domestic purchase requirement is imposed.
