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Haiti - FLASH : Cancellation of customs exemptions 24/10/2019 10:27:08 The cancellation of all customs exemptions (except those provided for by law) is one of the provisions adopted which, according to the Government, "contribute to better protection of domestic production, promoting competitiveness" across the sectors concerned. Too many franchises that Senator Youri Latortue, President of the Commission "Ethics and anti corruption" had denounced in March 2018 hhttps://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23836-icihaiti-economy-more-than-10-billion-gourdes-of-customs-deductibles.html , concerned about the loss of tax revenues of the Government that it estimated at a little more than 10 billion Gourdes, affirming that 40% of the imports benefitted from such franchises... Note that this is not a new measure, Moïse had already announced it February 5 last https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26855-haiti-flash-jovenel-moise-declares-the-state-of-economic-emergency-in-the-country.html and before him, the former Minister of Economy and Finance Ronald Décembre, had also announced the cancellation of customs exemptions for public institutions and the reduction of exemptions for NGOs included in the 2018-2019 budget (Franchises granted to companies in the outsourcing sector, humanitarian NGOs and diplomatic missions were maintained). See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26855-haiti-flash-jovenel-moise-declares-the-state-of-economic-emergency-in-the-country.html https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23836-icihaiti-economy-more-than-10-billion-gourdes-of-customs-deductibles.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-6489-haiti-economy-the-government-strengthens-the-controls-on-ngos.html HL/ HaitiLibre
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