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Surge in faulty steel imports seen in Visayas, Luzon-The 19th China(Guangzhou)Int’l Metal &Metallurgy Exhibition
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Inquirer NET reported that government regulators had been asked to tighten the watch for substandard steel products from China as a group checking imported steel and steel products for safety raised an alert for what appears to be a surge in the entry into Philippine markets of Chinese-made but substandard steel. In Central Visayas, the Department of Trade and Industry said that it would investigate reports about the proliferation of uncertified and substandard angle bars in the provinces of Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor.
Ms Zaide Bation chief of the regional DTI office’s consumer welfare and business regulation division, said while the office had not yet received a formal complaint, “we will do something about it.” She said the regional DTI office could conduct random test buys from hardware stores in the region. She said that “For now, all we have are allegations. That is why we need to investigate.”
Ramon Tan, vice president for external affairs of the Steel Angles, Shapes and Sections Manufacturers Association of the Philippines Inc had written DTI offices in Western Visayas, Negros Occidental and Central Visayas to alert them about the sale of uncertified and substandard angle bars.
Mr Tan said in his letters that his group conducted test buys in different hardware stores in the provinces of Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor and the cities of Iloilo, Bacolod and Cebu.
In letters to DTI offices in Negros Oriental, Iloilo and Cebu City, Tan said his group conducted test buys in 21 hardware stores and found a total of 54 angle bars to be substandard and uncertified, meaning they were not tested by government agencies.
He said that “The proliferation of uncertified angle bars in addition to those found to be substandard is very alarming.”
In Luzon, the DTI said it found at least 56 hardware stores in two provinces Pangasinan and La Union to be selling not only substandard steel but also other uncertified construction and electrical products.
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