Commonwealth Trade MSME Exporter Portal

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Trade promotion agencies and support

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The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is the lead body helping exporters find markets, meet standards and access trade fairs and training.

Overview

You do not have to figure out exporting alone: Ghana has institutions whose job is to help you sell abroad. The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), a body under the Ministry of Trade and Industry established by Act 396, is the national trade-support institution for non-traditional exports. GEPA registers exporters, runs export-readiness and capacity-building training, supplies market intelligence and buyer contacts, organises and subsidises participation in international trade fairs, and champions priority product sectors such as cashew, shea, garments, horticulture and processed foods. The Ministry of Trade and Industry sets overall trade policy and negotiates the agreements you export under, while the Ghana Free Zones Authority supports export-oriented manufacturing with incentives. The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry issues certificates of origin and connects members to trading partners. For an MSME the practical path is to register with GEPA early and use its sector desks and events as your route into new markets.

Key requirements

  1. 1

    Register with GEPA

    Enrol as an exporter with GEPA to access its training, market information and trade-fair support programmes.

  2. 2

    Use market intelligence

    Draw on GEPA's market research, buyer directories and sector desks to target realistic destination markets.

  3. 3

    Join trade fairs and missions

    Participate in GEPA-organised international trade fairs and buyer-seller meetings, often with cost subsidy for MSMEs.

  4. 4

    Access capacity building

    Take GEPA export-readiness and quality/packaging training to meet destination-market standards.

  5. 5

    Leverage chamber services

    Use the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce for certificates of origin and business matchmaking.

Documents you will need

  • GEPA exporter registration form and certificate
  • Company registration certificate and TIN
  • Product profile / company profile
  • Proof of production capacity
  • Certificate of origin application (chamber)