The Malawian Ministry of Trade and Industry has backed a proposal by multilateral institutions to extend a moratorium on imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions.

The ministry’s principal trade officer Ezron Chirambo was reacting recently to a recommendation in the Digital Trade for Development Report to extend the moratorium, which applies to technical equipment required to facilitate digitalisation of trade services set to expire on March 13 this year.

For more information, please see https://mwnation.com/ministry-backs-proposal-on-electronic-transmission-tax/