THE Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) is finalising a safeguard investigation into rising imports of toothpaste after a local manufacturer complained last year, a senior official has said. Assistant director for tariffs, Cicilia Mashava, said the probe began after Merken, a domestic producer of Merken-branded toothpaste, sought protection from growing import volumes. “On the toothpaste…
CTC probes toothpaste imports
The Competition and Tariff Commission is a Zimbabwean statutory body established under the Competition Act [Chapter 14:28] to enforce competition policy and trade tariffs.