Tag Archives: IMPORTATION

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has declared that the importation of cocoa beans into Ghana is permitted by law and the practice has been going on since November 2001. In a statement issued by the public affairs department of Ghana Cocoa Board dated 4 February 2024, reacting to an official letter …

Some Ghanaians on social media have attacked the current Minority Leader in parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson for his comment and opinion on the government’s ban on the importation of secondhand and used electrical gadgets. In a recent post shared on Twitter, the legislator published a list of electrical gadgets and announced …

The Vehicle and Asset Dealers Union has spoken out against a ban on the importation of vehicles used between 0 and 5. Mr. Frank Atanley Kofigah, Executive Secretary of the Union, told Kwabena Agaypong, host of Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, that there is an attempt to deprive them of …

The government has placed a ban on the importation of SUVs by public offices. This forms part of measures adopted by the Akufo-Addo administration to address the current economic challenges facing the country. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, 24 November 2022, to announce measures adopted by the government …

Ghana spent an estimated total of GH¢6.874 billion on the importation of rice from 2017 to 2020. In addition, the country also imported other food products for the period. Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen made the disclosure when he appeared before Parliament to respond to a question by Murtala Muhammed Ibrahim, Tamale Central MP how …

Deputy Agric Minister and Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru Constituency, Kennedy Nyarko Osei has said that by the year 2023, government is planning to either ban or drastically reduce the importation of rice into the country by 90%. According to him, under the current government’s Planting for Food and …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to throw away the law that bans the importation of salvaged vehicles into the country if he wins the December 7 elections. Mahama says his next government will also scrap the proposed increment in the import duty for such vehicles. The move, according …

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo is worried about the alarming rate of the country’s importation of goods. He said the country currently importing flowers thrice in a week from South Africa is an absurd situation which is unacceptable. Speaking at a gathering on behalf of President Akufo-Addo at the opening of …

A regular panel on South Africa – based Press Radio current affairs program dubbed “Ghana Te Sen”, Rev. Emmanuel Donkor has observed that Ghana could cut importation of goods if the indigenous people are being supported. He said cutting down importation of goods will strengthen the local currency (cedis) and …