Ghana’s Informal Cross-Border Trade Hit GHC7.4 Billion in 4th Quarter of 2024 – GSS

Support Informal Sector, Worth GHȻ 7.4B in 2024Q4

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in an Informal Cross-Border Trade (ICBT) Survey for the 4th quarter of 2024 (20204Q4) announced that Ghȼ 7.4 billion worth of goods moved along Ghana’s borders and calls for the Informal Sector to be supported. The Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, emphasized the need to formalise and support the Informal Sector with access to small credit and training, upgrade of border facilities and infrastruct…

Ghana’s informal cross-border trade hit GHC7.4 billion in 4th Quarter of 2024 – GSS

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that Informal Cross-Border Trade (ICBT) between Ghana and its three land neighbours, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire, was valued at 7.4 billion cedis in the fourth quarter of 2024. This figure represents 4.3 percent of Ghana’s total trade for the period. The data comes from the GSS’s […]

Ghana records GH¢7.4b in informal cross-border trade for Q4 2024 - GSS

Ghana recorded GH¢7.4 billion worth of informal cross-border trade (ICBT) during the final quarter of 2024, representing about 4.3 per cent of total trade, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) said on Wednesday.