PM Fils-Aimé Eliminates Import Taxes on Batteries and Solar Panels at World Environment Day Ceremony

Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé announced the elimination of import taxes on batteries and solar panels at a World Environment Day ceremony at the Karibe Hotel on June 5, 2026, calling it 'a concrete and ambitious measure' for Haiti's energy transition. The announcement aims to make renewable energy more accessible to households, businesses, and institutions and reduce dependence on conventional energy in a country where gang extortion and infrastructure collapse have made fuel supply precarious. Ministers of Environment, Planning, Agriculture, Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Health, and Public Works attended. Environment Minister Valéry Fils-Aimé highlighted the 'Konbit Ayiti Zewo Dechè' waste management program (over 60,000 cubic meters of waste removed nationwide), while Planning Minister Sandra Paulemon cited green sectors — reforestation, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy — as job creation catalysts. The tax elimination is a rare concrete policy measure in the economic sphere for the transitional government; Haiti's high fuel costs and unreliable power grid represent major economic burdens for businesses and households. The event's theme was 'Green Jobs Serving a Sustainable Haiti.'