The Burundian government has announced that it will remove taxes on some imported food items following the hunger that has hit several regions of the country.
“Due to the food shortage reported in some provinces that caused an increase of prices of food items, we realized that it is urgent that the government should remove taxes on some food items so that citizens can get them at a lower price,” Burundian Government Spokesman Philippe Nzobonariba said while presenting the minutes of a meeting of the Burundian Council of Ministers held earlier this week.
Drought his most provinces of the East African country in 2016, tremendously reducing it’s food production.
Nzobonariba said a list of the food items that will be exempted from taxation will soon be released.
“As farming activities are going due to the return of the rainfall, the measure will last for three months because the Burundian government believes that food production will be renormalized by that time,” Nzobonariba said.
