Fri, 10 Nov 2017 10:34:43 +0000 By Annie Zulu GOVERNMENT remains committed to addressing unfair competition and illicit trade that is deterring the country’s dream of industrialisation, President Edgar Lungu has said. President Lungu noted that the local manufacturing industry was facing unfair competition due to imported products, particularly those that were smuggled into the country. The President was speaking yesterday during the “meet the President seminar,” organised by the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM). “As Government, we are also concerned about the illicit trade as it does not only cause a leakage of the much needed revenue, but it is a deterrent to the advancement of industrialisation,” President Lungu said. He said Government was doing everything possible to promote the consumption of locally manufactured products, as it was crucial to advancing Zambia’s industrialisation agenda and national development. “It is clear that enhancing local content or the purchase and use of local products in various […]
