DTI recalls import clearance of steel trader

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has recalled the import commodity clearance (ICC) previously given to Mannage Resources Trading Corp. (MRTC) pending verification that the latter’s import shipment of steel bars from China meets regulations.

In a letter dated December 8, DTI-Subic Regional Director Judith Angeles and Bureau of Philippine Standards Assistant Director/Officer-in-charge Marimel Porciuncula informed Lawrence Daniel Sy, president of MRTC, of the recall of the ICC previously granted to MRTC for its shipment of 20,000 metric tons (MT) of imported Chinese steel bars.