Support Programme for Production, Industrialisation and Free Trade in Comoros (APILE Comoros) is the result of the ratification of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union in January 2019 by the Comoros within the framework of the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) group.

This is taking place in a context where the economic and trade situation at the national level is not very favourable to the positive impact of the EPA on employment and growth in Comoros, given the observations summarised above.

In such a context, it is essential that Comoros strengthens its local production capacity, and more particularly the processing of products, in order to reduce imports of finished products on the national market, on one hand, and to increase the possibilities of exporting products with higher added value, which will contribute to the creation of decent jobs for women and men in Comoros.

The APILE Comoros project is funded by the European Union and implemented by UNIDO.