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                    [Title] => RP can learn from Vietnam's steel industry
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippines can learn a thing or two from the booming Vietnam steel industry, a local player here said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 578070 [Title] => Removal of 7% tariff on imported steel won't jack up local prices [Summary] =>

Steel prices will not go up after President Arroyo signed yesterday the EO that will remove the seven percent tariff on imported steel products. Industry players have been threatening to increase their price after prices in the world market went up.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 574331 [Title] => Tariff removal offsets planned steel price hike [Summary] =>

The removal of the seven percent tariff on Cold Rolled Coils (CRC) and Hot Rolled Coils (HRC) has offset the planned increases in the price of steel in the market but it does not guarantee that there will be no more increases in steel prices should world prices go up.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 571468 [Title] => Government scraps 7% tariff on steel coils [Summary] =>

The government has scrapped the seven-percent tariff on imported cold rolled coils (CRC) and hot rolled coils (HRC) as Iligan-based Global Steel failed to provide 50 percent of domestic demand.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 569703 [Title] => Local galvanized roof makers to delay planned price hike [Summary] =>

Local galvanizers yesterday announced they will delay their plan to increase prices in order to give the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) more time to remove the seven-percent import duty on cold rolled coils (CRC) and hot rolled coils (HRC).

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 559772 [Title] => Local manufacturers find an ally in Lapus [Summary] =>

Local manufacturers, who have been crying foul over the flooding of cheap imports in the domestic market, have found an ally in the newly-appointed Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389253 [AuthorName] => Jessica B. Natad [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 557982 [Title] => Government urged to nix import duty on rolled coils [Summary] =>

Local steel producers are asking the government to remove the import duties on hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) due to the influx of prepainted and galvanized steel sheets from China.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 549869 [Title] => Government urged to junk 7% tariff on steel coils [Summary] =>

The government should remove the seven percent duty on hot and cold rolled steel coils (CRC and HRC) imported by the local galvanizing industry.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285703 [Title] => Global Steel accuses FGI of mounting ‘villification campaign’ [Summary] => Global Steelworks International Inc. (GSII) yesterday accused the Filipino Galvanizers Institute (FGI) of launching a "villification campaign" against the company.

In a statement, GSII president and chief executive officer Sushant Das said that FGI’s complaint about poor quality and inadequate volume of steel being produced by GSII "is a deliberate attempt by the association’s president to tarnish our image in the domestic market through a planned villification campaign showing ruthless disrespect for the facts."
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285507 [Title] => When steel men play hardball [Summary] => The court is always a recourse for an aggrieved business rival. Any regulatory agency operates under the law, and its moves can be questioned before a judge if seemingly unfair. But there are rules to this, to ensure free enterprise. A complainer must show proof of acute urgency and irreparable damage. And if exacting an injunction against a competitor, a cash bond must be put up for reparation in case the court errs in judgment.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
FILIPINO GALVANIZERS INSTITUTE
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                    [ArticleID] => 606969
                    [Title] => RP can learn from Vietnam's steel industry
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippines can learn a thing or two from the booming Vietnam steel industry, a local player here said.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 578070 [Title] => Removal of 7% tariff on imported steel won't jack up local prices [Summary] =>

Steel prices will not go up after President Arroyo signed yesterday the EO that will remove the seven percent tariff on imported steel products. Industry players have been threatening to increase their price after prices in the world market went up.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 574331 [Title] => Tariff removal offsets planned steel price hike [Summary] =>

The removal of the seven percent tariff on Cold Rolled Coils (CRC) and Hot Rolled Coils (HRC) has offset the planned increases in the price of steel in the market but it does not guarantee that there will be no more increases in steel prices should world prices go up.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 571468 [Title] => Government scraps 7% tariff on steel coils [Summary] =>

The government has scrapped the seven-percent tariff on imported cold rolled coils (CRC) and hot rolled coils (HRC) as Iligan-based Global Steel failed to provide 50 percent of domestic demand.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 569703 [Title] => Local galvanized roof makers to delay planned price hike [Summary] =>

Local galvanizers yesterday announced they will delay their plan to increase prices in order to give the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) more time to remove the seven-percent import duty on cold rolled coils (CRC) and hot rolled coils (HRC).

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 559772 [Title] => Local manufacturers find an ally in Lapus [Summary] =>

Local manufacturers, who have been crying foul over the flooding of cheap imports in the domestic market, have found an ally in the newly-appointed Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1389253 [AuthorName] => Jessica B. Natad [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 557982 [Title] => Government urged to nix import duty on rolled coils [Summary] =>

Local steel producers are asking the government to remove the import duties on hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) due to the influx of prepainted and galvanized steel sheets from China.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 549869 [Title] => Government urged to junk 7% tariff on steel coils [Summary] =>

The government should remove the seven percent duty on hot and cold rolled steel coils (CRC and HRC) imported by the local galvanizing industry.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285703 [Title] => Global Steel accuses FGI of mounting ‘villification campaign’ [Summary] => Global Steelworks International Inc. (GSII) yesterday accused the Filipino Galvanizers Institute (FGI) of launching a "villification campaign" against the company.

In a statement, GSII president and chief executive officer Sushant Das said that FGI’s complaint about poor quality and inadequate volume of steel being produced by GSII "is a deliberate attempt by the association’s president to tarnish our image in the domestic market through a planned villification campaign showing ruthless disrespect for the facts."
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285507 [Title] => When steel men play hardball [Summary] => The court is always a recourse for an aggrieved business rival. Any regulatory agency operates under the law, and its moves can be questioned before a judge if seemingly unfair. But there are rules to this, to ensure free enterprise. A complainer must show proof of acute urgency and irreparable damage. And if exacting an injunction against a competitor, a cash bond must be put up for reparation in case the court errs in judgment.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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