The RDB Trade and Manufacturing Department special focus is placed on the following aspects:

• Develop and implement the National Export Strategy (NES) that seeks to raise Rwanda’s international competitiveness and lead to significant improvement in the country’s export performance, and thus reduce the trade deficit.
• Identify goods that have a large domestic market, and develop and implement a strategy on how to efficiently produce them within Rwanda without using protectionism or protecting local industries and companies.
• Improving quality of products and services to meet standards.
• Implement an appropriate trade information system that improves access to information on national and international trade flows.
• Facilitate trade by removing barriers and fostering greater integration into regional and international trading networks.
• Provide sector-specific support for viable new industries: silk, textiles, processed fruits and vegetables, dairy products, as well as value addition in existing sectors such as horticulture and leather production.

 

Above outcomes shall contribute to achieving Vision 2020 and EDPRS by playing a major role in Rwanda becoming a more competitive nation with competitive enterprises, moving Rwanda from its current dependence on natural resources by increasing value addition, and contributing to reducing Rwanda’s trade deficit through increasing export revenues and development of domestic production opportunities.

 

Also, the Government of Rwanda fully recognizes the paramount role of the private sector in furthering economic development and pro-poor growth. Both Vision 2020 and EDPRS clearly articulate that the emergence of a viable and sustainable private sector will be the major engine of economic growth in Rwanda.

 

At the heart of above efforts lies the recognition that small and medium enterprises today make over 95% of the businesses in Rwanda, therefore a focus on manufacturing and trade fundamentally means a focus on these SMEs. Thus the RDB Trade and Manufacturing Department’s strategies aim at structuring and implementing SME support programs to increase the proportion of SMEs in value-adding sectors such as agriculture, tourism, etc.., and to facilitate their access to business development services (BDS).

The Government of Rwanda also recognizes that Business Development Services (BDS) are very crucial to the growth of SMEs. By enabling businesses to access tailored support services, including information, training, networking and consultancy advice, the BDS network helps new entrepreneurs and existing businesses to grow, become more competitive and contribute further to the prosperity of Rwanda.

 

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