Ghana: FAIRS Country Report

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Along with other ECOWAS countries, Ghana has committed to a region-wide system of the common external tariffs (CET) to be implemented in January 2015. The CET tariff rate band are 0%, 5%, 10% and 20% plus fifth band 35% for products considered to be Special Goods for Economic Development. Some key US exports, such as rice will see a decrease in import duty from 20% to 10%, frozen meat will increase from 20% to 35%, while most machinery will increase from 0% to 5%. Chicks have moved from 0% to 5%.Agricultural inputs such as pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and seeds have moved from the current tariff rates of 0% to 5% band. Raw materials for further processing, however, are levied a duty of 10% (e.g. wheat).

Ghana: FAIRS Country Report

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