菲律賓:水泥進口關稅有必要
菲律賓水泥生產(chǎn)商協(xié)會主席在一次聲明中說到,由于煤炭、柴油、電和一些其他原料的成本增加,水泥生產(chǎn)商很難和進口商競爭。
菲律賓工業(yè)貿(mào)易部門聽取了水泥生產(chǎn)商們的意見,從去年三月開始對每袋40公斤的進口水泥征收20.60菲律賓比索的保護稅,今年三月,由于菲律賓水泥價格上漲,該稅額減少到15.60比索。
一家日本公司向法庭對保護措施提出疑問,在去年7月的一個控訴中,最高法庭駁回了關于支持保護稅的決定。但菲律賓工業(yè)貿(mào)易部門已起草了一份文件希望最高法院從新考慮有關的決定。
水泥生產(chǎn)協(xié)會主席說,實行保護稅措施有利于保護工業(yè),一旦保護稅消失,生產(chǎn)商們則需要更多地改進運作并隨時準備和進口商競爭。他說生產(chǎn)商們已經(jīng)開始采取了一些措施,如改變債務結構、研究其它燃料以減少對電和進口煤的依賴,提高管理和運作效率,改善管理方法,加強對新產(chǎn)品的研究和開發(fā)。
他還說,保護關稅應該保留,因為在亞洲供應過額仍舊存在,這就意味著向低關稅國家如菲律賓傾銷的威脅也隨時存在。
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Cement duty now more necessary, say producers
A GROUP of cement makers said the recent upward trend in costs of production inputs made it more necessary for the government to impose safeguard duties against imports.
Felix Enrico Alfiler, president of the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines, said in a statement that the upsurge in costs of coal, diesel fuel, and electricity, among others, made it more difficult for cement producers to make the needed adjustments to be more competitive with low-priced imports.
The Department of Trade and Industry, acting on petitions of cement makers, imposed a safeguard duty of P20.60 per 40-kilogram bag of imported cement starting in June 2003. Last March it cut the duty to P15.60 on account of rising prices in the local market.
In a ruling issued last July, the Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Court of Appeals that upheld the safeguard duty. A Japanese firm had questioned the legality of the safeguard measure with the lower court.
The Department of Trade and Industry has filed a motion for the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision.
Alfiler said implementation of safeguard measures, while protecting the industry, would require producers to improve operations and prepare to compete with imports once the safeguards lapse.
He said cement makers had adopted such measures as debt restructuring; research on alternative fuels to reduce dependence on electricity and imported coal; increased management and operational efficiencies, improve management techniques; and intensified product research and development.
Alfiler said the safeguard tariffs should be retained because there was still an excess of supply in Asia, which poses a threat of dumping in low-tariff countries such as the Philippines.
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