THE Government through various departments used duty-free certificates to import goods worth about $600 million between 2014 and last year contributing to the country’s high import bill. Latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) show that the country’s exports in the first five months of the year remained negative at $949 million compared to imports amounting to $2,07 billion.

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