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GUTA elated about suspension of benchmark value discount

The trading community, according to Dr. Joseph Obeng, President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), are overly excited and very happy over the suspension of the 50% benchmark value discount by President Akufo-Addo.

To create more room for broader stakeholder consultations on the reversal of the benchmark values, President Akufo-Addo on Saturday, January 8, 2022, directed the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority to pull the breaks on the implementation of the policy.

According to reports, the decision is also to enable the concerns of traders to be adequately heard, before a final decision is taken on the matter.

Speaking in an interview on Sunday, January 9, 2022, Mr. Obeng disclosed that, the President has been very sensitive to the plight of traders, thus the widespread jubilation and cheers amongst traders in the country.

He therefore called on government to expedite action on the stakeholder conversations to bring closure to the substantive issue.

“The news means that the President has been very sensitive to our plights, and the traders are very grateful for this. We call on the government to make sure that the stakeholder engagements start as early as possible. We take the opportunity to call on the Ghana Revenue Authority to withdraw its earlier circular that suggested that they’ve deferred the implementation to 17th.

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“So they should withdraw that. Until the stakeholder engagement is conclusive, they cannot implement the reversal of the benchmark policy. We are very grateful to government, and we are open to objective discussions when the stakeholder engagements start”, Mr. Obeng stated.

Read: Reversal of benchmark value discount suspended following Prez Akufo-Addo’s orders

On January 2, 2022, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) issued a directive announcing the reversal of discounts on benchmark values, effective January 4. Later on, the GRA said the implementation of the directive had been deferred to January 17.

The announcement by the GRA was met with resentment by traders and other stakeholders, who described the decision by the Ghana Revenue Authority as ‘harsh’ and ‘insensitive’.

Following these concerns, President, Akufo-Addo is reported to have directed the GRA on Saturday, January 8, to pull the breaks on the implementation of the reversal of the discounts on benchmark values. According to the President, this is to deepen stakeholder engagements on the issue.

Reacting to the President’s directive, the President of GUTA indicated that his members will be open-minded during the stakeholder engagement sessions.

“The benchmark policy did not come out of emptiness. The benchmark policy came because we had a serious problem. And the problem still persists. So if you say you’re reversing the policy, are you reversing us to the old problem without bringing any mitigating factor to solve the old problem? That’s the bane of the whole discussion that we’re having now.

“That the government, acknowledging that we have a serious problem and that duty payments were extremely high, the highest in the world. And they brought the solution in the benchmark policy. So if you’re reversing it, then it is in the direction that we find a mitigating factor that will cushion the trading community,” he noted.

Mr. Obeng added that, “We are thinking about a win-win situation in this stakeholder engagement that government will be compensated, AGI will be compensated and the trading community will also be compensated. And we’ll be open-minded in whatever discussion that we’re going to have.“

Meanwhile, a section of the populace have criticised GUTA for not allowing the discounts on benchmark values to reflect on the cost of goods on the market.

Reacting to these sentiments, Mr. Obeng said consumers should query manufacturers as well. According to him, manufacturers also profited from the discounts on benchmark values, thus they must also be questioned on why they have failed to transfer some reductions to buyers.

“The question shouldn’t be directed to importers. In any case, whoever says this, is very confused. Confused because government is saying that because of the benchmark reduction policy, goods have become very cheap. Imported goods have become very cheap in the market, and that they’re not able to compete,” Mr. Obeng said.

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