The high cost of doing business, stagnant production levels, dominance of primary products and limited market intelligence are holding back Uganda’s export potential. These bottlenecks and action needed to change the status quo were the centre of a discussion at a high level policy dialogue on export development and promotion …
Read More »Taxing used-car importers
By Ronald Musoke In April, this year, Leonard Okema ordered for a Toyota Harrier model 2001 from one of the used car dealers in Japan. Unlike many Ugandans who were on June 11 taken by surprise by the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija’s raising of the environmental levy on used cars, …
Read More »India’s Bajaj Auto sees a jump in motorcycle imports in Uganda
By Julius Businge India’s Bajaj Auto Limited has doubled the number of its Bajaj motorcycles imported in Uganda to 70, 000 a year, according to a top official. Speaking in Kampala, the capital city Manish Thapar, the company’s head of East Africa business said Uganda is one of their key …
Read More »Standards body, tax collectors to jointly fight poor quality imports
By Patrick Kagenda UNBS, URA to integrate systems by end of year Uganda has 52 gazetted entry points for imports but only 19 are monitored for quality of goods by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Smugglers know this. Result: Counterfeits and fake goods, especially electrical appliances, cables, cosmetics, …
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