Francistown companies sell products to Zimbabwe

Kenewendo PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Kenewendo PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The minister of Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Bogolo Kenewendo says a number of companies from Francistown have been participating on mission led by Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) to Zimbabwe.

Speaking at the Parliament yesterday, she explained that led to some companies’ security orders in the Zimbabwean market. The minister added that some of the products that were currently being exposed to Zimbabwe were, but not limited to, PVC pipes and tanks, clay bricks, laundry bar soap, perfumes, deodorants, hair products and automobile lubricants. 

“We have a Bilateral Agreement with Zimbabwe which was signed back in 1956 and amended in August 2010 to among others facilitate trade between the two countries. The provisions of this Agreement apply to good grown, produced or manufactured in the territory of both parties, which may either be a district or city, hence the city of Francistown is covered by this Agreement,” she explained. 

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