Kota Kinabalu: Sabah has temporarily barred the export of scrap iron to ensure sufficient raw material for the local steel industry to maintain operations.
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Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Haji Noor
(pic) said the ban would be lifted once the mechanism has been formulated for the imposition of the RM200 per metric tonne State Sales Tax on scrap iron exports.
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