The fertiliser industry is lobbying Government to impose a 25 percent duty on compound or basal fertilisers in order to boost local production. Chemplex Corporation chief executive and spokesperson for the fertiliser industry Mr Misheck Kachere said they had already made representations to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
He said compound fertiliser imports were choking the market and preventing local industries from increasing production.
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