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Kilometre tax for lorries 'not suitable for Sweden'

ENDS Europe
Wednesday 22 July 2009

Imposing a kilometre tax on lorries in Sweden would be unfair to businesses in sectors such as forestry in an "elongated" country where there is little or no alternative to road transport in many areas, the Swedish transport minister has said.

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