The initiative, which was approved in the first debate in the Assembly in mid-February and is still pending approval by the Executive Branch, establishes that the tax will be on imported cement produced nationally, in bags or in bulk, for sale or self-consumption, of any kind, whose destination is the consumption and marketing of the product nationally.

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From the Legislative Assembly's statement:

March 9th, 2020. In the second debate the deputies approved with 41 votes, the file No. 19.732, a five percent (5%) tax on the sale and self-consumption of cement, produced in the national territory or imported, for national consumption. A tax is established on imported and domestically produced cement, in bags or in bulk, for sale or self-consumption, of any kind, whose destination is the domestic consumption and marketing of the product.

The tax on domestically produced or imported cement will be 5% on the net sales price, in the case of the domestic producer, excluding the corresponding sales or value added tax, as well as any other tax.

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