Court postpones iron billet import duty hearing to 8 Sept

The Supreme Administrative Court has postponed to 8 September appeals filed by the State Lawsuits Authority and a number of companies to reinstate the 15% import duty on iron billets, Akhbar El Yom reported. This is the second time the hearing has been pushed in the past week after two judges resigned from the panel last weekend. The lower administrative court last month turned down the Trade Ministry’s appeal to reimpose the 15% duty, which it lodged after 21 iron factories won a case at the court reversing the ministry’s decision.