Import restrictions

The Chamber of Commerce of Mozambique says that restrictions on exports of national products caused by the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus are already compromising the rapid recovery of the country’s economy. The organisation’s chairman, Julião Dimande, said that the extractive industry sector was the worst affected, with border closures in some countries that import mineral resources from Mozambique. Speaking to journalists in Maputo on Wednesday at a meeting on the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak in the business sector, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Mozambique nevertheless urged that the South African government’s border closure measure be understood as a gesture of solidarity with its neighbours. The Chamber of Commerce announced that it planned to arrange a day of consultation for members to brainstorm solutions aimed at minimising the impact of the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.