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Nigeria Spends N165 Billion Annually On Fruit Juice Importation by jchima14: 8:28pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
Hussain Ibrahim, the director general, Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Tuesday disclosed that Nigeria spends an outrageous sum of N165 billion annually on importation of fruit juice concentrates. He made this known while presenting a paper at a workshop in Kaduna. Ibrahim further stated that importation of concentrates was negatively affecting the development of local fruits cultivation for juice processing. Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/business-news/item/694-nigeria-spends-n165-billion-annually-on-fruit-juice-importation |
Re: Nigeria Spends N165 Billion Annually On Fruit Juice Importation by naijarates(m): 8:40pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
Thats bad for our economy. I sense a ban coming soon |
Re: Nigeria Spends N165 Billion Annually On Fruit Juice Importation by jchima14: 8:45pm On Oct 22, 2014 |
even if not out rite ban a higher levy should be placed on importation of these raw materials present in Nigeria |
Re: Nigeria Spends N165 Billion Annually On Fruit Juice Importation by Nobody: 7:23am On Oct 23, 2014 |
jchima14:Before considering the options you both provided which by the way are brilliant, the big question is can the concentrates be made in Nigeria? If not then things should be left ad they are. |
Re: Nigeria Spends N165 Billion Annually On Fruit Juice Importation by jchima14: 10:49am On Oct 24, 2014 |
blink182: Yes Nigeria has all the raw materials needed |
Re: Nigeria Spends N165 Billion Annually On Fruit Juice Importation by Nobody: 11:03am On Oct 24, 2014 |
jchima14:interesting, then the government should make fruit juice producers source locally then. |
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