According to the Milk Producers Association (MMPA), the association will be out of business due to an influx of cheap powdered milk imports on the local market.

Dairy farmers with Malawi have therefore accused the government of failing to protect them, while calling out the Ministry of Trade for not including milk on the list of imported items requiring import licence and import duty when it recently gazetted the new Control of Goods Act of 2018 which became operational on July 24 this year.

Not just pointing the problem without suggesting a solution, a statement by MMPA national director Herbert Chagona, has called on the government to consider increasing duty, or introduce excise tax on all milk powders and milk products under Tariff heading 0401 of 25%.