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ntb_id stringlengths 10 10	reporting_country stringclasses 52 values	partner_country stringclasses 52 values	corridor stringclasses 8 values	year int64 2.02k 2.02k	ntb_type stringclasses 10 values	sector stringclasses 8 values	description stringclasses 80 values	estimated_cost_usd float64 25.2 1.04M	resolution_status stringclasses 6 values	days_to_resolution int64 0 179	affected_trade_value_usd float64 30.2 23.7M	company_size stringclasses 2 values	resolution_mechanism stringclasses 6 values	scenario stringclasses 1 value
NTB-000000	Angola	Togo	Other	2,020	Documentation requirements	chemicals	Documentation requirements affecting chemicals trade	494.37	reported	82	1,596,488.14	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000001	DRC	Egypt	Dar es Salaam Corridor	2,021	Customs delays	pharmaceuticals	Customs delays affecting pharmaceuticals trade	1,474.08	under_review	33	65,193.83	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000002	Eswatini	Republic of Congo	Other	2,019	Documentation requirements	manufacturing	Documentation requirements affecting manufacturing trade	1,568.59	notified	82	4,989.98	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000003	Eswatini	Egypt	Other	2,020	Rules of origin issues	manufacturing	Rules of origin issues affecting manufacturing trade	1,919.66	unresolved	101	20,750.44	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000004	Nigeria	Mali	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,019	Documentation requirements	manufacturing	Documentation requirements affecting manufacturing trade	16,241.78	under_review	70	46,454.93	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000005	Nigeria	Ghana	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,021	Documentation requirements	manufacturing	Documentation requirements affecting manufacturing trade	113.58	unresolved	130	2,730.41	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000006	Tunisia	Comoros	Other	2,019	Rules of origin issues	manufacturing	Rules of origin issues affecting manufacturing trade	99,819.57	unresolved	109	187,581.81	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000007	Rwanda	Equatorial Guinea	Northern Corridor	2,018	Customs delays	pharmaceuticals	Customs delays affecting pharmaceuticals trade	1,079.89	reported	146	74,858.32	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000008	Libya	South Sudan	Other	2,020	Quantitative restrictions	automotive	Quantitative restrictions affecting automotive trade	8,050	unresolved	80	35,676.39	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000009	Tunisia	Republic of Congo	Other	2,020	Price controls	manufacturing	Price controls affecting manufacturing trade	5,924.36	notified	174	758.56	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000010	Burkina Faso	Mozambique	Trans-Sahelian	2,018	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	textiles	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting textiles trade	1,639.33	reported	5	19,501.99	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000011	Malawi	Morocco	Other	2,021	Border infrastructure	agriculture	Border infrastructure affecting agriculture trade	27,360.1	under_review	13	7,812.34	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000012	Guinea	Nigeria	Other	2,019	Quantitative restrictions	food_processing	Quantitative restrictions affecting food_processing trade	2,545.58	under_review	74	3,259.43	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000013	Guinea	Republic of Congo	Other	2,021	Documentation requirements	agriculture	Documentation requirements affecting agriculture trade	1,655.47	unresolved	154	1,179.65	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000014	Niger	Algeria	Trans-Sahelian	2,021	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	manufacturing	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting manufacturing trade	764.73	under_review	39	4,295.36	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000015	Chad	Sao Tome and Principe	Trans-Sahelian	2,021	Documentation requirements	agriculture	Documentation requirements affecting agriculture trade	15,215.81	reported	179	164,386.19	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000016	Nigeria	Togo	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,019	Customs delays	food_processing	Customs delays affecting food_processing trade	2,233.8	reported	88	40,259.23	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000017	Morocco	Ivory Coast	Other	2,021	Licensing requirements	agriculture	Licensing requirements affecting agriculture trade	2,426.16	unresolved	71	363,176.1	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000018	South Sudan	Algeria	Other	2,021	Documentation requirements	agriculture	Documentation requirements affecting agriculture trade	3,461.57	in_progress	2	8,046.95	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000019	Botswana	South Sudan	Walvis Bay Corridor	2,020	Customs delays	automotive	Customs delays affecting automotive trade	5,664.76	unresolved	121	157.69	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000020	Tunisia	Malawi	Other	2,019	Rules of origin issues	food_processing	Rules of origin issues affecting food_processing trade	14,268.23	in_progress	95	63,126.52	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000021	Ivory Coast	Kenya	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,021	Border infrastructure	manufacturing	Border infrastructure affecting manufacturing trade	466.18	resolved	164	1,570.4	corporate	arbitration	baseline
NTB-000022	Angola	Cameroon	Other	2,021	Border infrastructure	chemicals	Border infrastructure affecting chemicals trade	10,732.12	notified	169	787,948.27	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000023	Equatorial Guinea	Madagascar	Other	2,019	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	textiles	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting textiles trade	2,959.32	under_review	65	10,232.8	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000024	Zambia	Sierra Leone	Dar es Salaam Corridor	2,020	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	textiles	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting textiles trade	412.46	in_progress	176	93,039.04	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000025	Niger	Guinea	Trans-Sahelian	2,021	Customs valuation	textiles	Customs valuation affecting textiles trade	2,004.23	under_review	130	5,077,544.48	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000026	Chad	Zambia	Trans-Sahelian	2,020	Informal payments	textiles	Informal payments affecting textiles trade	7,409.09	resolved	172	10,962.08	SME	au_mechanism	baseline
NTB-000027	Libya	South Sudan	Other	2,020	Customs delays	food_processing	Customs delays affecting food_processing trade	1,195.05	notified	67	4,328.42	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000028	Egypt	Comoros	Other	2,019	Customs delays	agriculture	Customs delays affecting agriculture trade	532.95	under_review	53	354,763.15	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000029	South Sudan	Algeria	Other	2,021	Price controls	food_processing	Price controls affecting food_processing trade	11,587.51	unresolved	156	6,582.64	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000030	Ghana	Central African Republic	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,019	Customs valuation	manufacturing	Customs valuation affecting manufacturing trade	12,469.02	unresolved	60	81,046.84	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000031	Malawi	Tunisia	Other	2,019	Price controls	food_processing	Price controls affecting food_processing trade	3,732.19	under_review	6	29,196.81	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000032	Central African Republic	South Sudan	Other	2,020	Rules of origin issues	food_processing	Rules of origin issues affecting food_processing trade	2,775.36	unresolved	34	62,155.15	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000033	Djibouti	Senegal	Other	2,020	Informal payments	textiles	Informal payments affecting textiles trade	14,357.53	under_review	79	6,265.79	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000034	Burkina Faso	Tunisia	Trans-Sahelian	2,018	Licensing requirements	manufacturing	Licensing requirements affecting manufacturing trade	292	reported	32	11,089.37	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000035	Senegal	Djibouti	Other	2,018	Price controls	textiles	Price controls affecting textiles trade	505.04	reported	61	34,819.78	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000036	Chad	Mauritius	Trans-Sahelian	2,020	Rules of origin issues	manufacturing	Rules of origin issues affecting manufacturing trade	742.19	notified	85	19,554.28	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000037	Central African Republic	Tunisia	Other	2,019	Customs delays	automotive	Customs delays affecting automotive trade	1,832.45	reported	168	62,894.75	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000038	Kenya	Equatorial Guinea	Northern Corridor	2,021	Customs delays	agriculture	Customs delays affecting agriculture trade	2,200.22	in_progress	169	24,879.34	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000039	Libya	South Sudan	Other	2,019	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	textiles	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting textiles trade	2,373.98	unresolved	162	71,441.51	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000040	Ivory Coast	Malawi	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,018	Licensing requirements	agriculture	Licensing requirements affecting agriculture trade	294.24	in_progress	69	205,620.37	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000041	Sierra Leone	Angola	Other	2,019	Documentation requirements	agriculture	Documentation requirements affecting agriculture trade	12,431.85	unresolved	132	402,359.2	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000042	Liberia	Sudan	Other	2,018	Licensing requirements	manufacturing	Licensing requirements affecting manufacturing trade	33,397.3	reported	45	63,317.74	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000043	Malawi	Gambia	Other	2,020	Documentation requirements	manufacturing	Documentation requirements affecting manufacturing trade	817.36	notified	96	107,064.63	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000044	Namibia	Uganda	Walvis Bay Corridor	2,018	Border infrastructure	food_processing	Border infrastructure affecting food_processing trade	1,985.13	unresolved	171	6,462.75	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000045	Senegal	Kenya	Other	2,020	Documentation requirements	food_processing	Documentation requirements affecting food_processing trade	16,935.48	resolved	148	107,293.72	SME	au_mechanism	baseline
NTB-000046	Mozambique	Malawi	Maputo Corridor	2,020	Customs delays	manufacturing	Customs delays affecting manufacturing trade	45,274.53	unresolved	123	49,472.18	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000047	Gambia	Ghana	Other	2,018	Licensing requirements	agriculture	Licensing requirements affecting agriculture trade	11,263.28	reported	92	13,802.34	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000048	Burundi	Somalia	Northern Corridor	2,021	Licensing requirements	chemicals	Licensing requirements affecting chemicals trade	1,100.65	reported	139	334,443.33	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000049	Sudan	Niger	Other	2,020	Licensing requirements	textiles	Licensing requirements affecting textiles trade	1,259.79	in_progress	133	1,114.38	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000050	Comoros	Lesotho	Other	2,020	Customs valuation	manufacturing	Customs valuation affecting manufacturing trade	2,532.24	under_review	156	49,188.91	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000051	Eswatini	Equatorial Guinea	Other	2,019	Informal payments	agriculture	Informal payments affecting agriculture trade	3,309.26	unresolved	13	157,472.89	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000052	Madagascar	Burundi	Other	2,021	Quantitative restrictions	manufacturing	Quantitative restrictions affecting manufacturing trade	75,340.54	in_progress	162	4,747.17	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000053	Sudan	South Sudan	Other	2,021	Customs delays	food_processing	Customs delays affecting food_processing trade	1,877.57	under_review	116	5,039.9	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000054	Sao Tome and Principe	Guinea	Other	2,021	Customs delays	pharmaceuticals	Customs delays affecting pharmaceuticals trade	169.18	unresolved	123	45,476.59	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000055	Libya	Ethiopia	Other	2,019	Border infrastructure	manufacturing	Border infrastructure affecting manufacturing trade	411.43	unresolved	155	858,479.03	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000056	South Sudan	South Africa	Other	2,020	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	pharmaceuticals	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting pharmaceuticals trade	23,355.01	notified	149	5,678.42	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000057	Sierra Leone	Seychelles	Other	2,018	Licensing requirements	food_processing	Licensing requirements affecting food_processing trade	3,004.5	resolved	171	24,196.45	corporate	bilateral_negotiation	baseline
NTB-000058	Algeria	Guinea-Bissau	Other	2,019	Documentation requirements	food_processing	Documentation requirements affecting food_processing trade	4,913.59	resolved	37	13,150.25	SME	bilateral_negotiation	baseline
NTB-000059	Sierra Leone	Egypt	Other	2,019	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	minerals	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting minerals trade	65,586.29	unresolved	72	737,249.53	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000060	Tunisia	Rwanda	Other	2,020	Customs valuation	manufacturing	Customs valuation affecting manufacturing trade	4,042.71	in_progress	114	24,322.22	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000061	Sierra Leone	Lesotho	Other	2,020	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	automotive	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting automotive trade	4,146.88	in_progress	143	508.89	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000062	Sudan	Madagascar	Other	2,018	Documentation requirements	textiles	Documentation requirements affecting textiles trade	2,953.37	under_review	114	49,327.58	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000063	Guinea-Bissau	Tunisia	Other	2,020	Customs delays	agriculture	Customs delays affecting agriculture trade	5,166.22	under_review	62	3,361.83	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000064	Niger	Mauritius	Trans-Sahelian	2,020	Informal payments	manufacturing	Informal payments affecting manufacturing trade	7,511.27	under_review	62	7,650.7	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000065	South Africa	Ethiopia	North-South Corridor	2,019	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	agriculture	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting agriculture trade	3,249.35	in_progress	7	229.15	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000066	Namibia	Burundi	Walvis Bay Corridor	2,018	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	agriculture	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting agriculture trade	3,894	in_progress	166	23,653.61	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000067	Tunisia	Mozambique	Other	2,021	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	manufacturing	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting manufacturing trade	7,078.63	in_progress	95	41,048.12	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000068	Gambia	Libya	Other	2,019	Licensing requirements	agriculture	Licensing requirements affecting agriculture trade	937.64	in_progress	151	69,727.44	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000069	Eswatini	Republic of Congo	Other	2,019	Border infrastructure	manufacturing	Border infrastructure affecting manufacturing trade	14,515.85	notified	15	81,411.23	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000070	Guinea-Bissau	Tanzania	Other	2,019	Quantitative restrictions	manufacturing	Quantitative restrictions affecting manufacturing trade	303.5	unresolved	109	2,271.67	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000071	Somalia	Ethiopia	Other	2,020	Quantitative restrictions	agriculture	Quantitative restrictions affecting agriculture trade	1,123.31	under_review	51	8,314.44	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000072	Algeria	Egypt	Other	2,020	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	food_processing	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting food_processing trade	5,352.83	unresolved	147	18,586.34	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000073	Gambia	Angola	Other	2,021	Rules of origin issues	manufacturing	Rules of origin issues affecting manufacturing trade	217.19	unresolved	36	4,128,397.57	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000074	Zimbabwe	Mali	North-South Corridor	2,021	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	agriculture	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting agriculture trade	4,400.99	under_review	104	3,609.65	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000075	Uganda	Eswatini	Northern Corridor	2,021	Quantitative restrictions	food_processing	Quantitative restrictions affecting food_processing trade	66,208.62	in_progress	36	450.39	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000076	South Africa	Gambia	North-South Corridor	2,021	Customs delays	agriculture	Customs delays affecting agriculture trade	107,453.92	resolved	46	6,575.93	corporate	court	baseline
NTB-000077	Mozambique	Cameroon	Maputo Corridor	2,019	Border infrastructure	agriculture	Border infrastructure affecting agriculture trade	3,394.41	in_progress	151	16,133.38	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000078	Central African Republic	Mozambique	Other	2,018	Customs valuation	chemicals	Customs valuation affecting chemicals trade	1,260.63	in_progress	163	5,644.92	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000079	Republic of Congo	Madagascar	Other	2,019	Rules of origin issues	textiles	Rules of origin issues affecting textiles trade	1,080.72	under_review	134	254.51	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000080	Zambia	Sierra Leone	Dar es Salaam Corridor	2,018	Licensing requirements	textiles	Licensing requirements affecting textiles trade	96.2	under_review	131	386,529.64	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000081	Rwanda	Burundi	Northern Corridor	2,021	Quantitative restrictions	textiles	Quantitative restrictions affecting textiles trade	3,915.9	under_review	56	36,186.49	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000082	South Sudan	Morocco	Other	2,020	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	chemicals	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting chemicals trade	1,769.96	unresolved	19	115,644.65	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000083	Angola	Rwanda	Other	2,021	Customs valuation	agriculture	Customs valuation affecting agriculture trade	9,278.76	resolved	126	3,483.07	corporate	au_mechanism	baseline
NTB-000084	Niger	Kenya	Trans-Sahelian	2,020	Rules of origin issues	pharmaceuticals	Rules of origin issues affecting pharmaceuticals trade	509.44	notified	51	5,650.37	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000085	Uganda	Comoros	Northern Corridor	2,019	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	manufacturing	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting manufacturing trade	3,512.53	in_progress	166	94,045.43	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000086	Chad	Guinea	Trans-Sahelian	2,019	Licensing requirements	agriculture	Licensing requirements affecting agriculture trade	1,819.09	under_review	33	8,599.31	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000087	Mauritania	Djibouti	Other	2,018	Quantitative restrictions	food_processing	Quantitative restrictions affecting food_processing trade	902.57	resolved	120	82,582.28	SME	au_mechanism	baseline
NTB-000088	Cameroon	Lesotho	Other	2,019	Licensing requirements	food_processing	Licensing requirements affecting food_processing trade	1,801.41	under_review	81	620,352.44	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000089	Republic of Congo	Ghana	Other	2,021	Customs delays	agriculture	Customs delays affecting agriculture trade	14,160.89	under_review	39	5,451.07	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000090	Ghana	Madagascar	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,018	Informal payments	agriculture	Informal payments affecting agriculture trade	899.05	unresolved	90	15,850.06	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000091	Mauritius	Tunisia	Other	2,018	Licensing requirements	chemicals	Licensing requirements affecting chemicals trade	1,522.27	in_progress	67	314.76	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000092	Madagascar	South Africa	Other	2,020	Customs valuation	textiles	Customs valuation affecting textiles trade	55.9	notified	100	195,440.98	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000093	Tanzania	Mauritius	Dar es Salaam Corridor	2,018	Customs delays	chemicals	Customs delays affecting chemicals trade	6,442.64	in_progress	144	12,225.35	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000094	Sao Tome and Principe	Ghana	Other	2,021	Price controls	agriculture	Price controls affecting agriculture trade	1,036.18	in_progress	3	5,132.61	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000095	Central African Republic	Egypt	Other	2,020	Rules of origin issues	manufacturing	Rules of origin issues affecting manufacturing trade	10,861.15	unresolved	108	76,634.21	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000096	Morocco	Gambia	Other	2,021	Customs delays	food_processing	Customs delays affecting food_processing trade	1,205.74	in_progress	132	13,170.77	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000097	Zimbabwe	Central African Republic	North-South Corridor	2,021	Quantitative restrictions	manufacturing	Quantitative restrictions affecting manufacturing trade	4,191.83	under_review	148	98,317.85	SME	pending	baseline
NTB-000098	Ivory Coast	Mali	Abidjan-Lagos Corridor	2,020	Quantitative restrictions	food_processing	Quantitative restrictions affecting food_processing trade	131.25	under_review	170	655,342.14	corporate	pending	baseline
NTB-000099	Zambia	Sudan	Dar es Salaam Corridor	2,021	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures	pharmaceuticals	Sanitary/Phytosanitary measures affecting pharmaceuticals trade	402.85	notified	92	17,276.57	corporate	pending	baseline

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⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

African Non-Tariff Barriers

Synthetic Non-Tariff Barrier (NTB) dataset from AU/UNCTAD monitoring mechanism. Covers 55 African countries across trade corridors, with reporting, resolution tracking, and sector categorization. Designed for trade facilitation research and AfCFTA implementation analysis.

Variables

Variable	Type	Description
ntb_id	string	Unique identifier
reporting_country	string	Country reporting the barrier
partner_country	string	Country imposing the barrier
corridor	string	Trade corridor affected
year	int	Year reported
ntb_type	string	Type of barrier
sector	string	Product sector
description	string	Barrier description
estimated_cost_usd	float	Trade cost impact
resolution_status	string	Status of resolution
days_to_resolution	int	Days until resolved
affected_trade_value_usd	float	Trade value affected
company_size	string	SME or corporate
resolution_mechanism	string	How resolved
scenario	string	baseline, monitoring_intensified, elimination_phase

Scenarios

baseline (3K): Pre-AfCFTA, limited monitoring, 2018-2021
monitoring_intensified (3K): AU monitoring system operational, 2022-2024
elimination_phase (2K): Active elimination efforts, 2025-2026

Generation Methodology

Calibrated against UNCTAD NTMs database, TradeMark Africa monitoring, AU AfCFTA Secretariat reports.

Use Cases

Trade barrier impact analysis
Corridor performance monitoring
AfCFTA implementation tracking

Citation

@dataset{african_ntb_2026,
  title={African Non-Tariff Barriers Dataset},
  author={ElectricSheepAfrica},
  year={2026},
  license={cc-by-4.0}
}

License

CC BY 4.0 - This is synthetic data generated for research and educational purposes.

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