Globes, Guy Lieberman, 31.05.2020

A victory for Hamlet's importers over Nesher and its controlling shareholder Len Lenovan businessman Len? It appears that the advisory committee on the levy levies, headed by Attorney David Winnicki, recommends not to impose a high levy on full imports into Israel.Finally, this was the case only last year when a decision was taken in a similar vein, when it was decided to tax the cement importers only a minimum of 0.25%.

Cement importers, led by Symant, are currently responsible for about half of the supply of cement to the Israeli market. Opposite them stands the old Nesher company that supplies about half of the cement in Israel and is defined as a monopoly. In recent months, cement importers have been campaigning against imposing a high levy on cement imports in Israel, as part of which Danny Tal was personally attacked. In the eagle, in recent times we have argued that The levy levy should be imposed, and the cement imported from countries such as Turkey is sold in Israel at extremely low prices, and sometimes lower than those in Turkey.

The Globes learned that the committee, which is an advisory committee, held an internal vote on the issue and that the result of the vote indicated a majority for the current outline - ie not imposing a levy on importers, which encourages competition in the domestic market.

However, this is not the end of a verse. The recommendation of the committee is to be given to the finance and economy ministers, and then the matter will be passed to the Knesset Economic Committee, and only there will be a final decision on the taxation on the imported cement.

The Industry Association said in response to the committee's imposition of levies: "Today, the professionals again agreed that Turkey is trying to damage the local cement industry by flooding the market with cheap cement but once again fled the decision-making decision. When that happens, Israel will be completely dependent on Turkish cement and will not be able to provide such a vital and essential product for infrastructure, construction and security. Which are vital for the country and for employment in the economy and sends a clear message to our businesses, investors and trading partners. "

The cement importer, Symant, said, "We welcome the decision of the committee that saw the benefit of the entire economy and the public and did not give in to pressure exerted on it to stop competition and raise cement prices in Israel. Which enabled, inter alia, the entry of dozens of new concrete manufacturers employing thousands of workers and the reduction of cost of living and would not allow a return to the days of a concentration market dominated by a dorsal monopoly. "