Ugandan traders bemoan erratic road fees on EAC trade routes
A border crossing. The increasing NTBs have a total impact of $94 million on Uganda since they slow trade by as much as 60 percent of the expected volumes.
Contradictory tax regimes, unpredictable road user fees and logistical nightmares remain major obstacles to cross-border trade between landlocked Uganda and the rest of the EAC.
Ugandan traders were lamenting at the East African Business Council-Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) roundtable with the East African Community (EAC) Secretary General.
