Gov’t says natural resources are illegally smuggled abroad Memoscar Lasuba | June 7, 2017 | 4:43 pm
Teak is cultivated and harvested in South Sudan. It is one of illegal activities rising/istockphoto.com The Minister of Trade and Industry says natural resources are being smuggled abroad.Moses Hussein told the ongoing exhibition to showcase locally produced goods that the items being smuggled include timber, gum Arabic, and coffee. Mr. Hussein did not say how the natural resources are being unlawfully exported to foreign countries.But he said some of the finished goods South Sudan imports were initially raw materials stolen from the country. Mr. Hussein said the citizens need to recognize the value of the resources.“Most of our resources such as gold, timber, teak, gum Arabic, coffee, and fish are being illegally smuggled out of the country and sold to the region and in the international market as if they are coming from different countries, which we know very well these products originate from South Sudan,” Mr. Hussein said. Mr. Hussein said the leadership needs to encourage local businessmen to become creative and innovative.He also said there is need to invest in industrial development in order to increase local production of goods and services. The five-day exhibition started yesterday at the Nyakuron Cultural Center in Juba. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orSFKAVAsnJVGk_TTGLv6sq6%2B8wC30AxNAw0mB7H-V4sA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
