The President of the Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG), Mr Samuel Avaala, has made a passionate call for the local oil palm industry to be protected.
He said local producers have more than sufficient capacity to refine and bottling crude palm oil to meet local demand.
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Mr Avaala, therefore, kicked against the continued importation of finished vegetable oil into the country especially when the imports come in through unapproved routes.
The illicit importation of vegetable oil he said robs the government of tax revenues.
Speaking on behalf of local producers, Mr Avaala stated, “We have more than sufficient capacity to refine and bottle, package locally-produced vegetable oil for consumption and in so doing contribute to the sustenance and economic viability of smallholder farmers in particular and the entire value chain in general.â€
Source: myjoyonline.com