Ethiopia: Duty Free Import Regulation On Basic Food Items Necessary and Timely

Last week the Ministry of trade and industry issued a timely regulation which allowed companies to import basic food items like rice, flour and other food items on duty free. Over the last two years, particularly in the advent of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia, the government has issued far reaching austerity measures that helped to make the national economy to stay on track.

Basic food items have been allowed to enter the country duty-free to reduce the impact of the CVD-19 epidemic on society.

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