Jaime Bustamante, Desarrollo Corporativo director at Cementos Lima, is adamant that local production can satisfy Peruvian cement requirements without recourse to imports. He is aware though that growth of 10% is expected year after year in the construction sector an as such has his firm expanding its capacity. Cementos Lima is spending more than US$120mil on said expansion but will keep its prices stable. Import duties - of 12% - on cement lapsed almost two months ago.