EXPIRED and substandard cement from Vietnam are flooding the local market as a result of rampant technical smuggling, depriving the government some P1 billion a month or P12 billion a year in revenues, a group said Wednesday.

The cause-oriented group Advocate for Good Governance, through Argee Guevarra, said the Bureau of Customs (BoC) should investigate at least a dozen local companies for technical smuggling.

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