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  • US$40m lost to oil palm smuggling annually

    US$40m lost to oil palm smuggling annually

    Government loses an estimated US$40million annually from the smuggling of oil palm products into the country through unapproved routes. Information gathered by the Oil Palm Development Association (OPDAG) of Ghana revealed that some brands of refined palm oil (cooking oil) are smuggled into Ghana from Togo, and through various entry points in the Upper East…