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Importers of rice into Ghana can now do so through the land borders from the 1st<\/sup> August this year.<\/p>\n

It follows the lifting of a ban placed on inland importation of rice by the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade, Industry and Tourism.<\/p>\n

The ban, which has been in force for about three years now, prevented the importation of rice into the country through the Elubo, Sampa and Nkrankwanta borders.<\/p>\n

The move was to curb the numerous unfair trade practices such as evasion of import duties and other taxes, under-invoicing, infringement of trademarks and smuggling.<\/p>\n

But a statement from the Trade Ministry and copied to Citi Business News<\/strong> indicated that from Monday, all importers could do so via the inland borders.<\/p>\n

The Ministry however requested that importers continue to abide by the regulations guiding importation into the country.<\/p>\n

In March this year, the Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association, Sampson Asaaki Awingobit said government must be vigilant and deal with the matter.<\/p>\n

His appeal followed numerous concerns by importers of rice about the increase in the illegal importation of rice into the country.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2018It is legitimate, it is true, it is real and we want the Ministry of Trade and Industry to come out as a matter of urgency.\u00a0If it is true there was a law or a directive banning the importation of inland rice onto the markets, then what are they doing about this situation?\u201d Sampson Asaaki lamented.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Bureau for Internal Affairs (BIA), an anti-corruption organisation and a centre for information gathering on public concerns, had asserted that there is still a hidden trade war between Ghana and Ivory Coast resulting from a previous ban on inland rice importation by Ghana.<\/p>\n

Ms Cynthia Essandoh, BIA Coordinator, \u00a0in a statement\u00a0said that the decision to ban inland importation of rice appears to have been taken by the Ghana\u2019s Trade Ministry without proper consultation with the relevant stakeholders.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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