20% excise duty on natural juices: A blow to health, jobs, and 24-hour industry

20% excise duty on fruit juices hurting local industry and exports, says CAG

By Benjamin Nii Nai Anyetei The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG) has called on the government to scrap or significantly review the 20 per cent excise duty imposed on locally processed fruit juices, warning that the tax is undermining Ghana’s agro-processing industry and export competitiveness. In a statement issued on Monday, December 15, 2025, the Chamber said the excise duty has rendered locally produced fruit juices uncompetitive on both d…

20% excise duty on natural juices: A blow to health, jobs, and 24-hour industry

Ghana’s ambition to industrialise through agriculture, create jobs, stabilise the cedi, and build a 24-Hour Economy depends heavily on agro-processing. Yet one policy—the 20% excise duty on natural fruit juices—is quietly undermining these national objectives. Introduced as a revenue and health measure, the tax is producing the opposite effect: weakening local industry, discouraging healthy consumption, […]