Govt firm imports cement

Govt firm imports cement

JAKARTA (JP): PT Dharma Niaga, a state-owned trading company
will import 1.1 million tons of cement this year under a one-year
contract with a supplier in China.

Benarto, president of Dharma Niaga, said here on Saturday that
the imported cement would be of grades 425 and 525 or equivalent
in quality to portland cement as recommended by ministry of
public works.

The cement from China will be unloaded at Tanjung Priok port
in Jakarta and Tanjung Emas port in Semarang and will be
delivered to contractors and industrial users at a price of
around Rp 7,200 per 40 kg-sack.

He said the company will increase its import volume as the
domestic demand increases. It is now exploring the possibility of
diversifying its cement suppliers to Eastern Europe. (32)