Ethiopia: New Draft VAT Refund Directive Proposes Major Changes to Investment and Export Rules

The Ministry of Revenues has introduced a new draft Value Added Tax (VAT) Refund Directive designed to align with last year’s VAT Proclamation amendments, proposing major changes to refund eligibility, investment classification, and exporter benefits.
A new edible oil plant at Ethiopia's town of Debre Markos has started trial production. The plant, built at a cost of five billion birr (close to $121.7 million), hopes to ease the rise in demand for edible oil in Ethiopia.
A new enterprise that will have the mandate and responsibility to mange Ethiopian Commodity Exchange’s (ECX) warehouses is going to be established by Ministry of Trade (MoT).
