Now glass producers propose import tax increase

In the recent dispatch sent to the Prime Minister and relevant ministries, the association also asked to the Government to consider lowering mazut prices to the levels equal to that in other regional countries, and setting up technical barriers for glass imports.According to Vieglass, the stocks of construction glass have become worrying, estimated at 30 million sq m, while the current production capacity is about 100 million sq m a year.Due to the large stocks, some glass factories have to stop production or have been operating perfunctorily.The association has blamed the current production at the indifferent level to the overly high domestic mazut price, which is now two-fold more expensive than that in regional countries.Besides, with the low import tax rate, at 5%, ASEAN-made glass products have been overflowing into Vietnam, conquering the market, leading to the market share by domestic producers narrowed.



In the latest news, the mazut price in Vietnam has been lowered by VND 1,500/kg effective November 15 to VND 9,000/kg. Prior to that, the mazut price reached the highest peak on July 21, 2008 at VND 13,000/litre from VND 9,500/litre.

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