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Feb. 5, 2022

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister announces new measures aimed at promoting wider use of the Zimbabwean dollar. (See also Monetary Policy Statement). Ncube stated that while the foreign currency auction mechanism implemented in 2020 offered a basis for long-term use of the local currency by people and enterprises, it was now critical to broadening the sectors in which the Zimbabwean dollar should be utilized. Among the measures, Ncube stated that mining royalties will henceforth be paid in Zimbabwe dollars up to a ceiling of 50% of the amount owed. Since February 2019, mining corporations have been compelled to pay mining royalties in foreign currency to the extent that the sums withheld were in foreign currency. All domestic taxes owed by exporters on their export revenues were now payable in both foreign and local currency, in direct proportion to the permitted export retention levels.

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