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TAB investigates influx of imported cement

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  • Asafo Agladza 8 years ago

    Is Dawson-Amoah aware that we live in a Free Market era?? GHACEM have monopolized the cement market and increase price of cement at any given time thus making the price of cement sky-rocking on the open market.
    If the price ...
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  • Ametsitsi 8 years ago

    We became fed up with this Ghacem monopoly long ago. In this modern times, why can't we allow other producers of cement to enter the market? Why, Mr. Minister of Trade?As for Dr. Dawson-Amoah, he has milked Ghacem for so long ...
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  • Akut 8 years ago

    Improve efficiency to be competitive. Government can make more money by increasing tariffs. I wonder what is there to investigate. The story is incomplete.Do we already have high tariffs yet the imported ones are cheaper?

  • Lawyer Democracy 8 years ago

    If the cost of cement in Ghana is higher than in the US where there are higher salaries, then what is it? We want Ghacem to sell at 15 cedis per bag. They should stop the arm twisting and corrupting government officials for t ...
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  • AIR SERVICEMAN 8 years ago

    The Cement Manufacturing companies in Ghana have enjoyed monopolistic status for far too long. Unfortunately they have used this position to always blackmail consumers and arbitrary increase prices. The worse and annoying par ...
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  • Ken Ntiamoa 8 years ago

    This is what happens in any market where the operators want abnormal profits.


    Ken

  • Nii 8 years ago

    Rather investigate why Cement prices are too high even before the dumsor started.Monoolies should not abuse the position in the Ghanaian market.Affordable cement prices is a plus to the construction industry by creating more ...
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  • Ashootings 8 years ago

    The cement industry needs competition from within and from outside the country.That will enable price of a bag of cement to be determined by market forces. You , the local cement businesses, have enjoyed near monopoly conditi ...
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  • Emma 8 years ago

    Let us be careful for we are also selling our products outside . if we dont buy from other countries they will not buy ours also.

  • jaja 8 years ago

    Diamond cement is paying the ghanaian staff slave wages in spite of the gargatuan profit

  • Earl Jones 8 years ago

    If Dr. Dawson-Amoah is a real strategist, he should know that creating artificial barriers by banning imports is not one of the ways of making a market efficient.
    Why are imports affecting your market? That is because you ha ...
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  • Earl Jones 8 years ago

    logical - logistical

  • Martey 8 years ago

    The cost of cement and iron rods is too expensive in Ghana.Do we as a nation want cheap houses for our people or not.

  • Bill Stone 8 years ago

    Dawson - Amoah wants the government to banned an imported cement into the country to enable the local cement producers increase their sale prices from 27.00 gh cedis to 65.00 gh cedis per bag as factory price.
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  • Ben 8 years ago

    Cement prices are outrageous in the country. A little competition from other source will be a welcome experience for the consumers.

  • Neutral Zone 8 years ago

    They just can't compete. It's not only about meeting demand, it's about cost too.

  • Pround pepeni. 8 years ago

    I tried starting a petition on the internet two years ago on the high cost of cement and got no support. For this I have since become a criminal and have my passport verified specially anytime I come into or go out of Ghana. ...
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