PAKISTAN STEEL EXECUTIVES CALL FOR CRACKDOWN ON STEEL SMUGGLING AND DUTY EVASION
August 1st, 2012
BY RAHIMULLAH YUSUFZAI, IN PESHAWAR
Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has added its voice to growing demands that the Pakistani government combats duty evasion by importers of Chinese-made boron added alloy wire rod, which is being imported illicitly as non-alloy carbon wire rod. The PSM chief executive officer, retired Major General Mohammad Javed told Steel First the Pakistani steel industry needed fair competition in its home market. "We are trying to revive the PSM, but there are challenges posed by the misdeclaration on import of different steel products, ...
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