Sun, 02 Jul 2017 10:34:51 +0000 By NATION REPORTER EXPORT deals worth US $100 million were recently signed between Zambia and grain traders of Eastern Africa for the export of 382,640 tonnes of soya beans, maize and other grains by Lusaka, Finance minister Felix Mutati has confirmed. Mr Mutati said the deals were sealed in Lusaka during a regional Trade Facilitation Forum organised by the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) in collaboration with Zambia Commodity Exchange (ZAMACE), with support of USAID’s East Africa Trade and Investment Hub and USAID’s Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub. He said the forum brought together over 195 sellers and buyers of maize, soya beans, common beans, millet and other grain commodities from, Burundi, Malawi, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. “As a government we declare that we will no longer have any export bans and we announce the removal of 10 per cent export tax on all […]
