ZIMBABWE’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are failing to utilise trade remedy safeguards against unfair imports due to low awareness and participation, the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) has said. Zimbabwe’s long-marginalised SME sector is beginning to receive infrastructural attention that reflects its importance to the economy. SMEs account for up to 60 percent of…
‘SME trade safeguards underutilised’
SMEs account for up to 60 percent of Zimbabwe’s gross domestic product and employ nearly 80 percent of the working population, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.