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| Alfred Lasteck | |
| BBC News, Dar es Salaam | |
| During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, value-added tax (VAT) will be removed from Zanzibar's imported sugar in an effort to make life more affordable. | |
| Traders are also being told by the president "there is no excuse" to hike their food prices. | |
| Sugar shortages mean prices have rocketed over the past three months in Tanzania and in its semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar. | |
| Their governments say low production is to blame. | |
| While visiting markets on Monday, Zanzibar’s President Hussein Ali Mwinyi said the government was tackling inflation but that some dishonest traders still kept prices artificially high - including for locally produced cassava, fish, vegetables and fruits. | |
| "Stop unnecessary price hikes during Ramadan, causing inconvenience to most of the poor," he said. | |
| Zanzibar has a Muslim-majority population. The month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, is due to begin in less than two weeks. | |
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