Madagascar: Oil distributors’ road tax debts mount


Issue 239 - 21 Sep 2012 | 1 minute read

Two oil products distributors have racked up a total of $50m in debts to the state road maintenance fund, according to sources close to prime minister Jean-Omer Beriziky. The tax was first introduced in 1997 as a levy on petrol and diesel to subsidise the cost of maintaining the island state’s road network.

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