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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry imposed P349-per-ton safeguard duties on cement imports from China and Indonesia after shipments exceeded exemption thresholds.
DTI announced the change through Department Administrative Order No. 26-03, dated May 20, which expanded the safeguard duty on ordinary portland cement and blended cement to include China and Indonesia.
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Under existing rules, developing countries are exempt from the safeguard measure if their share of total imports of the product remains below 3 percent.
