Malawi Tax On Second-Hand Vehicles Cuts Emissions, Government Says

31 December 2013

Officials in Malawi's ministry of environment and climate change management say hiking excise duty levied on imported second-hand vehicles is helping the country to curb planet-warming emissions.

The taxation system, introduced three years ago, applies an excise duty to second-hand vehicles that rises in line with the age of the vehicle.

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