Zimbabwe Cement Industry Demands Dangote Face Import Tariffs
- Cement made in other countries undercutting local producers
- LafargeHolcim, PPC, Sino have capacity to meet Zimbabwe demand
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Zimbabwe’s cement industry has called on the government to impose tariffs on imports from international manufacturers including Dangote Cement Plc of Nigeria, which it says is undercutting local makers of the building material and threatening jobs.
The government should impose a tariff of $50 a metric ton on cement made at a lower cost in other countries and then sold in Zimbabwe, the Cement and Concrete Institute of Zimbabwe said in a presentation on Wednesday. Companies operating in the country have enough local capacity to meet demand, the institute said. Those include units of Switzerland’s LafargeHolcim Ltd., the world’s biggest cement maker, and Johannesburg-based PPC Ltd.