AmendmentTrade
Salt Marketing Control Directive (Amendment) (Directive No.1032/2024)
Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration1032/2024
Summary
This directive amends the Salt Marketing Control Directive No. 962/2023 to address issues related to salt processing factory locations, foreign currency procurement for Naphtali, and market shortages due to hoarding. It redefines terms like 'Salt Processing Factory', 'wholesaler', and various salt product types, establishes obligations for raw salt producers, and mandates the implementation of a modern salt marketing system.
Who's affected
Salt processing factories, wholesalers, raw salt producers, food manufacturing industries, and small-scale processors.
Action required
Review the amended definitions and obligations outlined in the directive to ensure compliance with new salt marketing regulations.
Key points
5- Amends Salt Marketing Control Directive No. 962/2023.
- Redefines 'Salt Processing Factory', 'wholesaler', and types of salt products.
- Establishes obligations for raw salt producers.
- Mandates a modern salt marketing system.
- Addresses issues of factory location, foreign currency, and market hoarding.
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Requirements
10- Salt processing factories must supply washed and iodized salt in 50kg packages directly to the market or food processing industries, or washed raw salt to industries in 50kg packages, or process and supply import substitute or export table salt.
- Wholesalers are traders who purchase salt from factories and distribute it to small-scale processors or retailers.
- Food Industry Input Salt is iodized salt supplied to food manufacturing industries for processing.
- Industry input salt is unwashed and non-iodized salt supplied for industry input, packed with specific marking bags.
- Salt product marking requires specific descriptions on packing bags for unwashed, iodized, or industry input salt.
- A modern salt marketing system must be put in place.
- Control must be exercised to ensure unwashed and washed salt dispatched for industry input is packed appropriately.
- Raw salt producers must produce salt timely and in required quality and supply it wholesale to factories and industries with appropriate packaging.
- Iodized and packed salt must be supplied to food manufacturing industries and small processors through wholesalers.
- Efforts must be made to prevent salt shortages and maintain stable salt marketing.
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Restrictions
2- Decision passed on salt processing factories to operate solely in salt producing areas has been restricted due to competitive trade issues.
- Procurement of Naphtali has created a problem for salt transaction by exposing salt processors to higher expenses.
Objectives
6- To restrict competitive trade arising from the previous decision on salt processing factory locations.
- To mitigate problems in salt transactions caused by foreign currency needs for Naphtali procurement.
- To prevent unnecessary salt shortages in the market caused by hoarding.
- To put in place a modern salt marketing system.
- To ensure raw salt producers supply salt timely and in the required quality.
- To maintain stable salt marketing.
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Organizations
2- Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration
- Ministry of Justice
Legal references
1- Article 22 (1) (b) and 19 (4) of the Definitions of Powers and Duties of the Executive Organs Proclamation No. 1263 /2021
Original sourcehttps://justice.gov.et/en/directives/salt-marketing-control-directive-amendment-directive-no-1032-2024/
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