VAT prices Kenya out of East African seed market

Mr Kassim Owino. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Local seed producers are unable to sell outside the country as they cannot compete favourably because of costly product resulting from a 16 percent value-added (VAT) tax levied on vegetable seed.

Seed Traders Association of Kenya said they could not sell seed in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda and Burundi because of the VAT.

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