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4/7/25, 5:15 PM UAE’s CEPA with Costa Rica, Mauritius come into force – The Gulf Time Newspaper
also help to facilitate strategic capital exchange, adding to the UAE’s approximate $673 million already invested in Central
America.
Opening access to one of Africa’s most promising economies, the UAE-Mauritius CEPA is projected to boost the value of non-
oil bilateral trade from its current $209.8 million to $500 million within five years, including a fourfold increase in UAE exports
to Mauritius.
Over 97% of UAE exports to Mauritius will benefit from immediate tariff elimination or gradual tariff reduction over a maximum
of 5 years under the CEPA.

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