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In a letter to Trade and Industry Secretary Juan B. Santos and Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri, the PPIA assured that they would support the tariff increase on resins once the JGSPC naphtha cracker becomes operational in 2008.


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SANTOS AND ECONOMIC PLANNING SECRETARY ROMULO NERI

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Plastic firms urge government to lower tariff on petrochem products

By Marianne V. Go | April 1, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippine Plastic Industry Association (PPIA) is urging the government to finally lower to one percent the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) rate on imported petrochemical products while the naphtha...

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