Although US imports of clothing from AGOA countries plunged in 2005, imports of products from other sectors including agricultural products, machinery and electronics have improved.
Steve Hayes, President of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), a trade advocacy nongovernmental organization said that they will jointly host the private sector component of the forum.
He opined that textiles and apparel are a very significant part of AGOA, but there is a cause for the more than 6,000 other product lines.
Hayes said all African nations can generate agricultural products but aid is necessary from the private sector and the US government to assist inflating export markets.
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