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RP can learn from Vietnam's steel industry

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | August 30, 2010 - 12:00am

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

Business

Removal of 7% tariff on imported steel won't jack up local prices

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | May 26, 2010 - 12:00am

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...

Business

Tariff removal offsets planned steel price hike

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | May 13, 2010 - 12:00am

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...

Business

Government scraps 7% tariff on steel coils

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | May 3, 2010 - 12:00am

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.

Business

Local galvanized roof makers to delay planned price hike

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | April 27, 2010 - 12:00am

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...

Business

Local manufacturers find an ally in Lapus

By Jessica B. Natad | March 22, 2010 - 12:00am

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).

Freeman Cebu Business

Government urged to nix import duty on rolled coils

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | March 16, 2010 - 12:00am

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.

Business

Government urged to junk 7% tariff on steel coils

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | February 17, 2010 - 12:00am

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

Business

Global Steel accuses FGI of mounting ‘villification campaign’

By Marianne V. Go | July 9, 2005 - 12:00am

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...

Business

When steel men play hardball

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | July 8, 2005 - 12:00am

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...

Opinion