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VAT Pressure Threatens to Turn Tomato Surplus From 'Blessing' Back to 'Curse'
Contract tomato farmers and processor Pran warn that the rise in VAT on tomato products from 5 to 15 percent will hurt farmers, jobs, exports and revenue.
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Contract tomato farmers and processor Pran warn that the rise in VAT on tomato products from 5 to 15 percent will hurt farmers, jobs, exports and revenue.
Mahmudul Hasan Ruman, a 30-year-old English graduate, has built a 12-acre mango orchard on fallow land in Dewanganj, Jamalpur, instead of looking for a job.