Cement firms oppose attempts at raising clinker import duty
Trucks collect clinker at a storage facility in Mombasa, Kenya. The raw material is currently charged 10 per cent duty as per East Africa Community Common External Tariff regime. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Leading cement manufacturers in Kenya are against a move by National Cement Company chairman Narendra Raval to increase duty on imported clinker from 10 per cent to 25 per cent.
Bamburi Cement, East Africa Portland Cement Company and Savannah Cement led firms opposing the increase at a meeting in Nairobi, under the stewardship of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM).
