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High raw materials tax hits Kandahar industry output

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Traders and industrialists in southern Kandahar province say they are struggling with numerous problems and the government instead of facilitating them is adding to their miseries.

They say the government has increased tax on around 800 types of raw materials from 15 percent to 20 percent, resulting in increased prices of domestic products.

Haji Nasratullah Zahir, head of Kandahar chamber of commerce and industries, told Pajhwok Afghan News that President Ashraf Ghani had promised a cut in taxes on raw materials imported to the country, but the promise was yet to be . . .

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