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Philippines: Definitive safeguard duty on imports of cement

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31 Oct 2024

In October 2024, the Philippine authorities initiated a safeguard investigation on imports of cement. In March 2025, a provisional duty was imposed. In February 2026, a definitive duty was imposed.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

21 Mar 2025

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 23 Feb 2026
Safeguard In force

Recent update from 18 Feb 2026:

On 18 February 2026, the Philippine authorities imposed a definitive safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods. The rate of duty is set at PHP 349 (USD 6.03) per metric tonne for the first yea...

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