The government is actively working to implement regulations that will limit the importation of what it deems as strategic products. This initiative is proceeding without the establishment of a committee proposed by the Minority to assess the move.

Among the 22 items under consideration for import restrictions are rice, fruit juices, yemuadie, fish, cement, and several others. The Minority successfully thwarted an attempt to lay the regulation last Monday, insisting on further consultations with the Subsidiary Legislation Committee. Trade Minister KT Hammond clarified the purpose of the regulation to journalists, emphasizing its significance to the government.

The full list of 22 items being considered for import restrictions includes rice, guts, bladders, and stomach of animals, poultry, animal and vegetable oil, margarine, fruit juices, soft drinks, mineral water, noodles and pasta, ceramic tiles, corrugated paper and paperboard, mosquito coil and insecticides, soaps and detergents, motor cars, iron and steel, cement, polymers (plastics and plastic products), fish, sugar, clothing and apparel, biscuits, and canned tomatoes.