Zimbabwe: Treasury Reaffirms Grain Import Levies As GMAZ Legal Challenge Loses Momentum

Efforts by the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) to portray Government’s grain import levy framework introduced under Statutory Instrument 87 of 2025 as legally abandoned suffered a major setback after fresh Treasury correspondence revealed continued State backing for revised levies aimed at protecting local farmers, financing irrigation infrastructure and reducing Zimbabwe’s heavy dependence on imports.

While Ministry of Finance earlier raised legal concerns over the structure of SI 87…