The agricultural input dealers have expressed a major concern on the tax imposed on the importation of agriculture inputs and machinery to Ghana.
This was revealed when the input dealers expressed their expectations for the 2026 budget hearing that would be read by the Finance Minister at the parliament on 13 November, 2025.
Speaking to Agric Today in an interview, the Managing Director of Callighana (UPL Ghana), Mr. Bernard Buertey Okutu, an input dealer said the major expectation that the input dealers are expecting from the 2026 budget is to exempt taxes on the agriculture inputs and machinery.
Accordinv to him, the import dealers raised concerns to the previous government to abolish the tax but it could not materialised. He therefore beseech the current government to heed to their plea.
He revealed that the tax abolishment on import of agricultural inputs and machinery would dovetail the Feed Ghana Initiative, because with low cost of inputs, farmers would be able to increase production, hence strengthen food security in the country.
He expects the 2026 budget to scrub the import tax on agriculture inputs and machinery to lessen the production cost.
