Farmers, manufacturers call for uniform tariffs on imports to protect them
Some of the substandard goods that were destroyed by Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) at Athi River EPZA grounds, Machakos County on February 16, 2016. Farmers and manufacturers in the region call for uniform tariffs on imports to protect them. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG
Manufacturers in East Africa are pushing for the full implementation of the Common External Tariff on goods and cereals from outside the bloc to protect local businesses.
They say Asian countries such as China, Pakistan and Taiwan continue to flood the regional markets with rice, cooking oil, noodles, and wheat, blamed on tax exemption by some partner states.
