State shields cement firms with clinker tax

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Rajesh Soni, the project site manager, illustrates the construction of a clinker plant by Simba Cement at Sebit in West Pokot County. FILE PHOTO | BARNABAS BII | NMG

Local producers of clinker will be handed a boost with the proposal to introduce a new tax as the State moves in to make imports of the commodity costlier.

The State has, through the Finance Bill 2023, proposed the export and investment promotion levy rate on imported clinker at the rate of 10 percent of the customs value.

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