Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have declared a new 0.5% tax on imports from Nigeria and other ECOWAS member countries.

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The military-led governments of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have introduced a 0.5% levy on imported goods ... and it applies to all goods imported from outside the three countries, excluding ...

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic have further thinned their relationship with the ECOWAS countries by hitting the organisation with a 0.5% import levy. The 0.5% import duty levy was announced ...