Terrence Mawawa|The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has slammed the move made by the government
to lift all import restrictions to allow
businesses and individuals with access to forex to import goods.

The CZI argued the move by the
government will affect local industries negatively and could result in widespread closure of companies.

“We believe that this is not the
appropriate action because it will affect business adversely if goods were to come in and start taking away demand from local industry. I think as you are aware, as CZI, you have not heard us talking about company closures for the past two years or retrenchments, but you could actually find that it will start
again,” said a CZI official in an interview with NewsDay.

The government was forced to lift the ban on importation of goods as part of efforts to ease the shortage of basic goods in the country.