- Local pharma manufacturers upset over new VAT rules
- Inputs for domestic production of medicines stranded at ports
- New tax legislation includes 15% VAT on imported raw materials
- Opposition from local manufacturing businesses and lobby groups
- Concerns raised during public consultation with Ministry of Finance officials
- Definition of medicine under controversy
- Implementation of VAT legislation deemed flawed
- Cargo of medicinal ingredients stuck at ports
- Discrepancies in VAT application for final products and ingredients
- New tax laws seen as discouraging local production and incentivizing imports
Source: thereporterethiopia.com
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