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Zimbabwe: Duty waiver makes food cheaper
Harare: Zimbabweans who have become dependant on cross-border forays to source necessities heaved a collective sigh of relief when the government decided to suspend import duty on essential food and non-food items.
![[Zimbabwe] Tracy with her daughter attending to a customer. © IRIN](https://biz-file.com/c/0808/20087.jpg)
[Zimbabwe] Tracy with her daughter attending to a customer. © IRIN
The government has waived duty on cooking oil, margarine, rice, flour, washing powder (detergent), salt, laundry and bath soap, toothpaste and skin beauty products until the end of 2008.
