After weeks of hearings and investigations conducted on the matter, the Tariff Commission (TC) has issued two controversial orders with expected huge effects not only on the local cement industry but also on cement users and on the entire economy. The first one lifted a three-year additional special safeguard duty imposed on certain types of imported cement to prevent local cement manufacturers from an unhealthy surge in imports, while the second one imposed a new five-year dumping duty for imports of cement from Vietnam. Safeguard duties are allowed and imposed by the government when an indus…