MRA moves to stop illegal sugar imports
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says it will scale up checks to stop importation of sugar, stressing that importing of the commodity is against the law.
In a published statement, MRA says there is a sharp rise in cases of people smuggling sugar.
Lately, local sugar manufacturer Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited has been complaining about the influx of imported sugar on the market, a development its managing director Ray de Allende said is hurting the company and is a threat to consumers’ lives.
He said: “We are currently faced with a situation where imported sugaris dominating the domestic market and killing our market. This is especially because these sugars are cheap, but the risk is on whether it is fortified.”
In a move to arrest the problem, MRA has appealed to the public to inform its agents or security officials if anybody is suspected to be smuggling or stocking smuggled sugar.
