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Philippine Tariff Commission questions DTI's October import duty rise

30 December 2020, Published under Cement News

The Tariff Commission, in the Philippines, has questioned the decision of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to increase the definitive safeguard duty on imported cement by PHP0.80 to PHP9.80/40kg bag (US$0.016-0.23/40kg bag) starting in October 2020. Ernesto Albano said the three-year schedule of safeguard tariff implementation should be followed according to the law. The safeguard tariff was supposed to drop from PHP10/40kg bag in the first year of implementation to PHP9/bag in ...

Philippine DTI: no price cap on cement for now

01 May 2019, Published under Cement News

The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has rejected the call for a price cap on local cement at present, but it may take action when prevailing market prices reach PHP240 (US$4.64)/bag. “There is no need for now. I’ll look into the numbers,” Trade Secretary, Ramon Lopez, told reporters Monday when asked if the government would intervene in the market and set a price cap for cement. “Let’s say prevalent price is PHP240, then, we can come in and put it back to PHP220-225,” he ...