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Turkmenistan temporarily abolishes customs duties on import of cement01 October 2008, Published under Cement NewsTurkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree according to which customs duties on the import of cement products are temporarily abolished starting from October 1, 2008. The decree was adopted with a view to further improving the supplies of cement products to the construction sites of Turkmenistan, the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports from Ashgabat quoting the press service of the head of state. |
Pakistan cement sales drop 15 per cent01 October 2008, Published under Cement NewsCement sales fell 15 per cent in the first quarter of current fiscal depicting a decline of 4.88Mt. However, cement exports continued with healthy growth of 58 per cent, and remained 2.47Mt due to the cement shortage in the region. Overall cement sales from July to September 2008 were up just one per cent to 7.35Mt compared to similar period last year, JS Research said. Uncertain political and economic conditions of the country continue to hamper business activities. Fewer private sector d... |
Taiwan Cement and Asia Cement to Raise export quotations30 September 2008, Published under Cement NewsSpot prices for cement has risen 15 per cent globally in the past few months in reaction to price hikes in coal, for example. To stay with the uptrend, leading cement producers in Taiwan, including Taiwan Cement Corporation and Asia Cement Corporation, will raise export quotations on products to be delivered in 2009. Taiwan Cement vice president C.C. Huang predicted the export prices for Taiwan-made cement to be shipped to the USA, Africa and the Middle East in 2009 will rise 10 to 15 per c... |
Nigeria: cement distributors back importation policy30 September 2008, Published under Cement NewsDistributors of cement said they are in full support of importation of bagged cement into the country instead of local production. Cement dealers, who spoke with Financial Vanguard, weekend, at various building materials market in Lagos, said that cement importation will save manufacturers in the country production costs, such as power supply, diesel, advanced technology, raw materials amongst others. They also maintained that importation of the product will help the industry with qual... |
Local cement importers get further suspension of tariff, Jamaica25 September 2008, Published under Cement NewsLocal importers of cement will be getting an extended lifeline as the government has suspended the Common External Tariff (CET) on 240,000t for one year. The CET is a region wide duty on some goods imported from outside the CARICOM Single Market. The suspension will allow Jamaican importers to bring in cement duty free from overseas. The government last suspended the CET on cement in 2006. That suspension ends this month. Industry Minister, Karl Samuda said the new suspension will con... |
Carib Cement to barge cement to St Thomas17 September 2008, Published under Cement NewsFaced with the challenge of no direct route to St Thomas after the Hope Bridge collapsed nearly three weeks ago, Caribbean Cement Company says it will this week transport cement to the eastern end of the island using the sea. The Hope Bridge collapsed during Tropical Storm Gustav three weeks ago. The shipment will also provide a testing ground for intra-island cargo movement using the coastal waters of Jamaica, according to the cement manufacturer’s general manager Anthony Haynes, as the R... |
Kaliningrad Commercial Seaport and HeidelbergCement to launch terminal12 September 2008, Published under Cement NewsKaliningrad Commercial Seaport and HeidelbergCement Group (Germany) on September 4 will launch a terminal designed for handling cement. Initially, the terminal will have the capacity of 200,000tpa of cement. In future, it will be increased to 400,000-500,000tpa. The investments in the construction totaled EUR7m. With the reconstruction and extension of the access railway to the port the terminal’ capacity may be increased to 1Mta of cementy, the DARS Consulting information agency reported. |
FG okays importation of bagged cement, Nigeria10 September 2008, Published under Cement NewsContrary to the Federal Government of Nigeria’s earlier stand that it would not allow importation of bagged cement, it has thrown its gate open for the importation of 50kg bagged cement. The government’s move is against the backdrop of high prices of the commodity in the country despite the freedom earlier given to importers of bulk cement. Minster of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Charles Ugwu, made the disclosure in a press statement issued in Abuja. |
Flour Mills of Nigeria imports 10,000t of cement04 September 2008, Published under Cement NewsThe managing director, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Dr Emmanuel Ukpabi, has said that the company has imported 10,000t of cement to check the non-availability of the product. Ukpabi, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Lagos at a pre-AGM press briefing, said that the cement would arrive Nigeria in the next three weeks. He said factors such as the high cost of diesel, high freight rate and inadequate means of transportation were responsible for the high cost of cement. He urged consumers of ... |
Ethiopian imports from Pakistan26 August 2008, Published under Cement NewsAvorniga, an Israeli company that leases the Addis Abeba Cement Plant from Mugher Cement Factory has procured 22,000t of clinker from Pakistan. The clinker docked at the Port of Djibouti last week. Avorniga is the second company to import clinker, the first being the Chinese company CGC Overseas. The clinker is imported duty free, a reliable source at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) told Fortune. Two months ago, CGC launched a new brand of cement made from the imported clinker ... |