Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Scrap Metals Recycle Association (SSMRA) urges the State Government to come up with a conducive solution by revising and reducing the tax imposed on scrap export to ease the burden of the industry players.
Its President Edwin Chen said scrap dealers have been struggling to cope with the RM200 per tonne export tax that have been enforced since Feb last year which left them no choice but sell to a single local steel mill operator.
In the event of exporting scrap iron to peninsula, scrap dealers are required to pay the tax in advance before Customs declaration, which not all scrap dealers are able to fulfil.