On Tuesday, Zimbabwe lifted import duties on a range of basic goods – including rice, cooking oil, sugar, maize meal, milk powder and soap – for the next six months. | Fin24
SA exporters look set to benefit, while the move may hurt local manufacturers.
Officially the Zimbabwe dollar opened the year trading at Z$108 to the US dollar, but is now trading at Z$277 per US$1 on the recently introduced interbank market. On the parallel market, the depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar is more pronounced – it has fallen from Z$210 to a US dollar at the start of the year, but it is now trading at between Z$420 and $500.The suspension of duties will be in place for six months, starting on 17 May.
Recently, Zimbabwean authorities said that locally-manufactured basic commodities now account for 70% of retail shelf space.
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