As the economic situation continued to worsen, smuggling has been on the rise in recent months, with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority’s (Zimra) first quarter report for 2016 attributing a tax revenue loss of $136 million due to the scourge.

Speaking at an Industry and Commerce ministry breakfast meeting on the import management and local industry support measures in Harare on Friday, ZNCC president Davison Norupiri said although Zimra was doing all it could, more was needed to plug gaps.

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