The consistent introduction of taxes and levies is collapsing the cement industry, the Chamber of Cement Manufacturers (COCMAG), has indicated.
The chamber has ,therefore, called on the government to intervene to save the industry from further collapse.
The consistent introduction of various taxes and levies over the past two years dominated discussions at a board meeting of the chamber on June 27.
The Executive Secretary of the chamber, Rev. Dr George Dawson-Ahmoah, speaking at the meeting cited the recent fumigation levy of $0.50 per tonne on imported clinker by the Ministry of Health as one of such levies.
He described the situation as shocking, stressing that “how on earth can a raw material such as clinker be fumigated before clearance from the port? We are calling for the immediate abolishing of this levy”.
