The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) entered into force in May 2019. Intra-African trading under AfCFTA officially began in January 2021, and on 9 September 2021 the Minister of Industry and Trade, Kitila Mkumbo, announced that the Tanzanian parliament had ratified the agreement and is now a State Party. However, the accession process has not been completed. As one of the African Union (AU) member states negotiating the agreement through the East African Community (EAC) customs union, Tanzania is working with the other EAC Partner States to finalise the schedule of commitments to the AfCFTA Secretariat regarding tariffs and services. AfCFTA negotiations in a range of trade-related areas are proceeding alongside this. Figure ES1 summarises the overall process.