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)