Govt moots more statutory instruments to support SI64

GOVERNMENT will introduce more policy measures to buttress Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016 to help local producers build up on exports, Industry and Commerce minister Mike Bimha said yesterday.

SI64 restricts the importation of 43 products that have local equivalents in a bid to protect the floundering local industry.

Bimha told NewsDay yesterday on the sidelines of the official opening of Lesaffre Zimbabwe’s new baking centre that they wanted to do more in order for producers to be more sufficient, with lower production costs.

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