| High duties hurt Alang prospects | | | None of the 100 ships scrapped following the IMB order will come to the ship breaking yard | | | Piyush Pandey / Ahmedabad June 16, 2005 | | | |
| The stringent environment laws and high Customs duties have made the Alang ship breaking yard unattractive for shipping entities.
| | | | | None of the 100 ships that are to be scrapped following a recent International Maritime Board (IMB) decision will arrive at Alang. They will instead go to ship breaking yards in China, Pakistan and Bangladesh, where the norms are not that stringent.
| | | | | Customs duty is zero per cent in China, five per cent in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and between eight and ten per cent in India.
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