Bitter Harvest
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
The government has taken few decisive steps to stem the flow of illegally smuggled sugar, but it has been quick to limit legitimate imports. On 17 September 2002, the Director General of Customs declared that sugar imports would, from now on, have to be processed through the red channel. This decision, in effect, reverses the policy of the Minister of Finance, who in January announced that basic commodities (sugar, flour, & rice) would be
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