I-BTMA icele ukususwa kwe-7.5% VAT ku-RMG yemfucuzaizindwangukanye ne-15% VAT kwimicu eyenziwe kabusha. Kuphinde kwafuna nokuthi izinga lentela lezinhlangano lemboni yendwangu lihlala lingashintshiwe kuze kube ngu-2030.

UMohammad Ali Khokon, uMongameli weBangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), wafuna ukuthi isilinganiso sentela senkampani ekhonaUmkhakha Wendwangu Nengubokugcinwe.

Uthe ukubheka ukubaluleka kokuhola kwamanye amazwe, inani lentela elisebenza ngokuthumela ngaphandle kusuka embonini yezindwangu kanye nengubo kufanele lincishiswe libe ngu-0.50% kusuka ku-1% edlule. Izinga lentela lidinga ukuqhubeka lisebenza eminyakeni emi-5 ezayo. Ngoba imboni yendwangu nengubo njengamanje ibhekana nezinkinga eziningi, kufaka phakathi ubunzima bedola, ukutholakala kwamafutha kungafinyeleli ezingeni elifanele, kanye nokwanda okungajwayelekile kwamanani wenzalo.
Ukhulume ngalokhu esitatimendeni esibhaliwe esikhishwe kwiNgqungquthela Yabashini Yabafundisi Abaphethwe yi-GMEA ne-GMEA ngesicelo sesabelomali sikazwelonke sonyaka wezimali 2024-25 ngoMgqibelo (NgoJuni 8).

UMengameli weGMEA Khokon uthe i-GMEA yinhlangano yemboni yendwangu eyinhloko. Sisebenzela ukuhlanganisa ukuhweba okuthekeleleke kwezingubo ezenziwe ngomumo, ukuhlukahluka kwemikhiqizo, ukuhlola izimakethe ezintsha futhi kuthuthukise imboni yendwangu kanye nengubo. Ukujikeleza, ukuluka nokudaya kanye nokuqeda amafektri e-GMEA nakho kube nomthelela omkhulu ngokuhlinzekaintambo nendwanguembonini yengubo elungiselelwe yezwe.

Uthe sasihlala nabaholi bezinhlangano ezintathu zomkhakha wezindwangu nogqolozela. Sikholwa ukuthi ukuze sikhuphule ukuhweba okuthunyelwa kwelinye izwe kube ngama- $ 100 billion, ezinye izinyathelo kufanele zithathwe embonini yezindwangu nezembatho. Njengoba wazi, ukuqoqwa kwemfucuza yengubo (i-jut) kuncike ku-7.5% VAT kanye nokunikezwa kwe-fiber okukhiqizwayo kusuka ku-15% VAT.
Uthe, ngokwezibalo zethu, i-1.2 billion kg ye-yarn ingakhiqizwa minyaka yonke kule jut. Kungakho ngifuna kakhulu ukususwa kwe-VAT kusuka embonini.

Ukubhekana nengqungquthela yabezindaba, usihlalo we-BTMA uphinde wakhuthaza ukususwa kwe-5% VAT kwizicucu ezenziwe ngabantu, ama-5% ama-Advance TAX emishini yemali engenayo kanye nokwelashwa indawo yokungenisa imali njengoba ngaphambili.

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