Pakistan to enforce tax stamps on cement bags from Saturday
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced that, effective 1 November 2025, only cement bags with tax stamps will be cleared from production sites and factories in Pakista...
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Philippine cement manufacturers seek expanded anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese imports
The Tariff Commission of the Philippines has announced the commencement of an investigation into the potential expansion of anti-dumping duties on cement imports from Vietnam. T...
Pakistan's cement industry grapples with local tax issues
Pakistan’s cement industry is grappling with local tax measures announced in the Federal Budget 2025 amid falling local demand and has sought the intervention of the federal gov...
Punjab increases limestone royalty rate
To increase revenue from the mining sector, the government of Punjab, Pakistan, has announced an increase in the royalty rate on limestone to six per cent of the ex-factory sale...
COCMAG calls on Ghana's government to cancel imported clinker Fumigation Levy
The Chamber of Cement Manufacturers, Ghana (COCMAG) said the Fumigation Levy charged on imported clinker is having serious financial toll on cement production companies in the c...
BCMA calls for withdrawal of import tax
The Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) has called for the withdrawal of a non-adjustable advance income tax (AIT), which is applied at both the import and supply...
Senegal sees another cement tax rise
Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, has imposed a tax of XOF2000/t (US$3.30/t) on cement to finance social housing, according to Le Quotidien. The latest increase follows a XOF3000...
Legislative Assembly approves Costa Rican cement tax
In the first debate, Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly has approved a bill that seeks a five per cent tax on the sale of all cement. The initiative establishes that the tax will...
Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly calls for standardised cement tax
Members of Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly have called for the government to standardise municipal taxes on both local cement manufacturers and importers. In this case, a new ...
BCMA requests the removal of non-adjustable income tax
The leaders of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) have requested the waiver of an eight per cent non-adjustable advance income tax (AIT) imposed on imported ...