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Impose 20% tax on palm oil importation

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  • abina 9 years ago

    Don't this sector of agriculture gets a fair deal as palm oil is used as base of soups and major cosmetics [products yet those farmers who work hard in getting this product on the market get very little . This is not a fair d ...
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  • United Ghana 9 years ago

    These duties won't make a difference. What has to be done is to improve the productivity of local farmers through education & credit facilities. Gh has the potential to be a major player in the industry

  • MENSA 9 years ago

    STAY THE HELL OUT OF OUR BUSNISS AND STOP WITH YOUR TAXES AND FEES GHANA HAVE DONE WELL IN THE LAST 30 YEARS WITHOUT YOUR JOB KILLING AND INDUSTRY ASSULT

  • Samab Palm Oil press 9 years ago

    As Ghana needs more income from palm oil and related products such as oil and energy, I have designed and producing automatic high speed and efficient palm oil press machines in China which will surface in Ghana and other Afr ...
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  • Farmer 9 years ago

    Calling Ghana a very competitive environment for Oil Palm is very far fetched. The big successes in Malaysia and Indonesia are 90% based on an extremely favorable climate and only 10% on human excellence. They have 3-4 times ...
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  • Saint Ghfuo: Nyantakyi must go! 9 years ago

    Ghana should be exporting palm oil, not importing....slowly increase the import.duties and use the tarrifs to.develop the palm oil sector.

  • sam 9 years ago

    STAY THE HELL OUT OF THE GHANA BUSNISS AND GHANA IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
    WE HAVE DONE WELL IN THE LAST 50 YEARS IN GHANA WITHOUT YOUR UNESSARY INTERVANTION