Amerika yaciye u Rwanda ku isoko ry’imyambaro idasoreshwa kuva mu 2018, icyemezo kikiriho
Ku wa 30 Nyakanga 2018, Perezida wa Amerika yahagaritse uburenganzira bw’u Rwanda bwo kohereza imyambaro muri Amerika idasoreshwa, ashingiye ku misoro u Rwanda rwashyize ku myenda ya caguwa. Urubuga rwa USTR rugaragaza ko icyo cyemezo kigikurikizwa.
Ku wa 30 Nyakanga 2018, Perezida wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika yafashe icyemezo cyo guhagarika uburenganzira bw’u Rwanda bwo kohereza imyambaro muri Amerika itishyuriwe imisoro, mu rwego rw’amasezerano yitwa AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act). Icyo cyemezo cyatangiye gukurikizwa ku wa 31 Nyakanga 2018.
Icyemezo n’impamvu yatanzwe
Ibiro bya Ambasaderi ushinzwe ubucuruzi bwa Amerika (USTR) byasobanuye ko u Rwanda rwazamuye imisoro ku myenda n’inkweto bya caguwa “ku kigero kirenga 1.000 ku ijana, ku buryo mu by’ukuri bibuza ibyo bicuruzwa kwinjira”. USTR yavuze ko ibyo binyuranyije n’ibisabwa muri AGOA byo gukuraho inzitizi ku bucuruzi n’ishoramari bya Amerika.
Amerika yabanje kumenyesha u Rwanda ku wa 29 Werurwe 2018, iruha iminsi 60 mbere y’uko icyemezo gitangira gukurikizwa.
Ingano y’ubucuruzi bwagizweho ingaruka
Umwungirije wa Ambasaderi ushinzwe ubucuruzi bwa Amerika icyo gihe, C.J. Mahoney, yavuze ko icyo cyemezo kireba ibicuruzwa byari bifite agaciro ka miliyoni 1,5 z’amadolari mu 2017, ni ukuvuga hafi 3 ku ijana by’ibyo u Rwanda rwoherezaga muri Amerika. Ati: “Turababajwe n’uko ibi bigenze kandi twizera ko ari iby’igihe gito. Ariko niba ibisabwa muri AGOA bigomba kugira icyo bivuze, bigomba gushyirwa mu bikorwa.”
U Rwanda rwagumanye uburenganzira muri AGOA ku bindi bicuruzwa bitari imyambaro.
Aho ibintu bigeze
Urupapuro rwa USTR rwerekeye u Rwanda ruvuga ko “u Rwanda rwemerewe muri AGOA uyu mwaka”, ariko ko “uburenganzira ku myambaro bwahagaritswe na Perezida wa Amerika guhera ku wa 31 Nyakanga 2018”.
Aho ibyemezo by’u Rwanda byaturutse
Ingamba za Minisiteri y’Ubucuruzi n’Inganda zigaragaza ko Leta y’u Rwanda yazamuye umusoro ku myenda ya caguwa uva ku madolari 0,20 kuri kilo ugera ku madolari 2,50 kuri kilo. Gahunda yari iyo kuwuzamura ukagera ku madolari 4 kuri kilo mu Ukuboza 2017 n’amadolari 5 kuri kilo mu Ukuboza 2018, hanyuma hakabaho kubuza burundu imyenda ya caguwa.
Nyamara ingamba zo mu Ukuboza 2022 zagaragaje ko imisoro igomba kuguma uko iri, zivuga ko ubushobozi bw’inganda zo mu gihugu butari buhagije ngo busimbure imyenda ya caguwa.
Inkomoko: USTR, “President Donald J. Trump Upholds AGOA Trade Preference Eligibility Criteria with Rwanda”, 30 Nyakanga 2018; MINICOM, “Strategy for the Transformation of Textile, Apparels and Leather Sectors in Rwanda”, Ukuboza 2022.
Soma itangazo rya USTR ku cyemezo cya AGOA ku Rwanda