An international network warned of the repercussions of the Houthi taxes that have been doubled over the past two years on traders of imported clothing and leather goods, suggesting that they will lead to traders incurring losses in profits and a number of Yemeni families will lose opportunities to earn income.

The Yemeni government denounced the new arbitrary levies recently imposed by the terrorist Houthi militia on ready-made clothing and fabric merchants, and considered them a systematic destruction of the private sector and the national economy.

Fabric traders in the capital, Sana'a, continued their general strike for the second day in a row, in rejection of an illegal dose imposed by the Houthi militia on customs duties of clothing and fabric traders without legal justification.