Local millers want wheat levy retained

Despite being accused of anti-competitive behaviour, local millers still maintain that the 15 percent wheat import levy that was introduced in 2003 must be retained.

The levy was introduced on all wheat flour imported into the country, in order to develop the local industry.

This week, chairman of the Botswana Millers Association, Nkosi Mwaba, told BusinessWeek that the levy was an effective tool to curtail dumping and to address predatory pricing from South African millers.

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