Congo’s Government Drops VAT on Imports for Mining Companies

By
Thomas Wilson
  • Fall in copper price cuts mining companies’ operating margins
  • Legislative hurdles prevented scrapping VAT on imports earlier

Democratic Republic Congo will suspend value-added tax on imports for mining companies to ease operating conditions for struggling miners, Finance Minister Henri Yav Mulang said.

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