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Court rejects pause of county cess fees on farm produce exports
Royal Herbs, an SEZ enterprise exporting fresh herbs to global markets, had moved to the appellate court seeking temporary orders to block the cess, arguing it was unconstitutional and harmful to its time-sensitive export business.
Growers and exporters will continue paying county governments cess on export-bound agricultural produce, even within Special Economic Zones, despite claims that the levy amounts to double taxation and encroaches on the national government’s exclusive mandate over export trade.
This follows a decision by the Court of Appeal to decline to suspend the charges pending appeal in a suit lodged by Royal Herbs Exporters (SEZ) Limited, allowing counties to continue enforcing the levies.
