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Table 2 Trade potential of African economic communities in 2018.

From: An empirical analysis of African trade blocs effects on the global economy: new evidence from the gravity model

REC

GDP

Number of member states

Exports

Imports

Trade

SADC

694.2

16

113.8

126

239.8

COMESA

666.9

19

105.3

174.4

279.7

EAC

226.8

6

15.3

37.1

52.4

SACU

408.9

5

111.6

117.7

229.3

ECOWAS

609.6

15

112.3

174.4

286.7

ECCAS

223.7

11

85.5

47.6

133.1