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民主刚果政府放弃矿业公司的进口增值税

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2016-07-14

导读：刚果民主共和国财务部长Henri Yav Mulang说，将暂停矿业公司进口增值税，以缓解在当前矿业环境下苦苦挣扎的矿商压力。

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刚果民主共和国财务部长Henri Yav Mulang说，将暂停矿业公司进口增值税，以缓解在当前矿业环境下苦苦挣扎的矿商压力。

四月，政府下令中央银行暂时停止偿付增值税来减少国内货币压力。该政策仍然有效，国家已同意停止矿业进口增值税的征收12个月，来防止进一步欠税，目前估计已欠税7亿5000万美元。

Mulang说，“对于矿业公司来说全球环境已经很糟糕，我们不能通过增值税的非偿还来创造更多的问题。是矿业使国家经济增长，我们要安定民心。”

在过去的一年中铜的价格下降，已经降低了矿商的营业利润，包括Freeport McMoRan公司和在铜丰富的加丹加地区的嘉能可公司，削减了民主刚果政府的收入。国家已将今年的经济增长预测从9%降到5.3%，以及外汇储备已经从去年12月的15亿美元下降到的上个月为止11.7亿美元。

在过去的一年铜价下降了15%，本周四上午7:02在伦敦交易所成交价为4691.50美元。而用于管道和电缆的铜金属在2011年达到了每吨10190美元的高峰。

由于对美元贬值，矿业公司现金流紧张将进一步加强，决定暂停增值税报销旨在保护民主刚果法郎的价值。

政府希望尽快停止矿业公司的进口增值税，但在立法上受到了阻碍被延迟。在未来12个月，政府将寻求减少其增值税欠款的规模，增加收益，以提高其偿还能力。

7月7日在内阁会上批准的法令，在生效前将由总理签署，并将由财政部长同时会签。

Democratic Republic Congo will suspend value-added tax on imports for mining companies to ease operating conditions for struggling miners, Finance Minister Henri Yav Mulang said.

In April, the government ordered the central bank to temporarily stop reimbursing VAT in order to reduce pressure on the domestic currency. That suspension remains in force and the country has now agreed to halt the collection of VAT on imports in the mining industry for 12 months to prevent tax arrears owed by the government, currently estimated at $750 million, from increasing further, Mulang said Thursday.

“The global conditions are already difficult for mining companies and we cannot afford to create further problems through the non-reimbursement of VAT,” Mulang said by phone from Kinshasa. “It is the mining sector that drives economic growth in this country, we need to reassure them.”

The drop in the price of copper in the last year has cut operating margins for miners including Freeport McMoran Inc. and Glencore Plc in the copper-rich Katanga region and slashed revenues for Congo’s government. The state has reduced its economic growth forecast for the year from 9% to 5.3% and seen foreign exchange reserves fall from $1.5-billion in December to $1.17-billion last month.

Copper has declined 15% in the past year and traded at $4,691.50 at 7:02 a.m. on the London Metal Exchange. The metal, used in pipes and cables, peaked at $10,190 a ton in 2011.

The decision to temporarily suspend the reimbursement of VAT was intended to protect the value of the Congolese franc, which has weakened against the dollar this year, but placed further strain on mining-company cash flows.

The government had wanted to halt VAT on imports for mining companies sooner but was delayed by legislative hurdles, Mulang said. In the next 12 months the government will seek to reduce the size of its VAT arrears and increase revenue collection to improve its ability to reimburse, he said.

The government decree, which was approved at a cabinet meeting July 7, will now be signed by the prime minister and counter-signed by the minister of finance before it comes into effect, he said.

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