Economic consequences of the government’s cement tariff and pathways forward
[The Standard - The Gambia] - 5/12/2025
By Marr Nyang The government’s policy to increase the tariffs on the importation of bagged cement from D30 per bag to D180 in April 2024, was justified as a tool to protect the local cement industry and to promote the production of local cement. In actual sense, a country that has the raw (…)
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