7. 非洲大陆自由贸易区在非洲联盟国家元首和政府首脑会议关于非洲大陆自由贸易区的第十三届特别会议上启动，之后于 2021 年 1 月 1 日正式开始贸易活动。截至 2021 年 7 月 7 日，已有 37 个国家向非洲联盟委员会交存了批准协定，因此有资格根据法律上可执行且已商定的税则和优惠、原产地规则和海关申报规则在该区域内自由贸易。关于原产地规则的谈判尚未结束的货物仍然不属可卖品。
7. On 1 January 2021, trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) officially commenced, following its launch at the thirteenth Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union on AfCFTA. As at 7 July 2021, 37 countries had deposited their ratification agreements with the African Union Commission and were thus eligible to trade freely within the area, on the basis of legally implementable and agreed tariff schedules and concessions, rules of origin and customs declaration. Goods for which negotiations about the rules of origin are pending conclusion remain outside the list of tradables.