Uphold 25 per cent common external tarrif on cars imported in EAC region

Lilian Awinja, CEO East African Business Council (L) during a past meeting (PHOTO: FILE)

ARUSHA, TANZANIA: The EAC Partner States namely, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda jointly unveiled their budgets for the fiscal year 2018/2019 on 14th June 2018.

In the budget proposals, the EAC Partner States pose various measures to protect local manufacturers in the region through high import duty on ranges of products including crude palm oil, palm stearin, edible oils, nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails staples, safety matches, potatoes, mineral water, edible offal, sausages, textiles, footwear, and Iron & Steel Products.