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Bangladesh’s clinker imports more expensive in new budget FY23-24

05 June 2023, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh Minister for Finance, AHM Mustafa Kamal, presented National Budget Speech 2023-24 (July-June) in parliament on 1 June and made some tax measures on the cement industry. The measures are detrimental to the cement industry as they will raise the import cost of clinker and the price of cement bags in Bangladesh, according to local experts. Increase duty on clinker imports The minister proposed that the specific duty of only BDT500/t (US$4.66/t) currently in force for import...