Zimbabwe has scrapped
duties and the requirement for import licenses for basic food items in an
effort to reduce the cost of food in a renewed cost-of-living crisis.
The measures followed the setting up of a government taskforce to
investigate spiraling food prices.
According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fews Net), a
global network of partners reporting on food insecurity, bread, sugar, and
wheat flour prices increased by about 40% in Zimbabwe between February and
April.
It said maize meal prices shot up by nearly 60% and rice and vegetable
oil prices increased by about 20%. The government blames businesses for using
the black market rate to price their goods.
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