By Binta Jaiteh
The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment has said importers of food like rice, sugar edible oil, flour, chicken legs, Onions and potatoes to get an import license of what it said will reintroduce the regulation by 1 May, an act first enacted in 2015.
In a statement issued by the ministry said: “No importer will be allowed to import the above commodities without an import license. Ministry from Monday to Thursday during working hours (8:00 am –4:00 pm) and all completed application forms should be submitted to the same Ministry. This Ministry requests the understanding and cooperation of the general public particularly the importers in this exercise.
“The Act aims to regulate importation, distribution and retailing of essential commodities to ensure availability at fair and reasonable prices,” the statement said, adding Act requires importers of essentially commodities to obtain an import license from the Ministry to be able to import these commodities.
In a statement issued by the ministry “No importer will be allowed to import the above commodities without an import license. Ministry from Monday to Thursday during working hours (8:00 am –4:00 pm) and all completed application forms should be submitted to the same Ministry. This Ministry requests the understanding and cooperation of the general public particularly the importers in this exercise.
In this regard, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment is reintroducing the licensing system and hereby inform all importers of the above commodities to obtain an import license from the Ministry with immediate effect.
