Firms raise cost of wood products on tax increase

The cost of home and office decor is set to increase as firms start passing on the new tax on imported wooden products. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

The cost of home and office decor is set to increase as firms start passing on the new tax on imported wooden products.

PG Bison Kenya Limited, dealers in interior decorative building materials, says the government has increased duty on raw materials used to make furniture products under the Common Externa Tariff (CET), which applies to goods coming out of the East Africa Community (EAC).

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