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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has initiated a preliminary investigation to determine whether increased imports of cement are causing or threatening to cause serious injury to the domestic industry. The investigation covers cement classified under AHTN Codes 2523.29.90 and 2523.90.00 for the period of 2019 to June 2024. The DTI’s decision is based […]
Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. delivered his personal donations of cement and paint to all 57 public schools in Angeles City. Each school received 40 liters of paint, paint rollers and 10 bags of cement, which will assist public schools in their cleanup and restoration activities for the upcoming school year. As early as 5 […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) urged cement makers to explore ways to utilize plastic waste as raw material to help reduce the country’s solid waste generation by at least 40 percent. “When all these cement plants will participate, we can dramatically reduce the volume of plastic waste which will be […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS), will be issuing a Memorandum Circular (MC) on the Supplemental Guidelines for the Implementation of Department Administrative Order (DAO) 17-06 Series of 2017 or “The New Rules and Regulations Concerning the Mandatory Certification of Portland Cement and Blended Hydraulic Cement with […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has taken a firm step to protect local cement manufacturers in the wake of reports that imported cement has been flooding the local market in recent months. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said his agency will impose a provisional safeguard duty of P8.40 per bag of imported cement after […]