Coatings Sector Launches Formal Appeal To Halt Paint Dumping

The SA Paint Manufacturing Association is driving a renewed and formal appeal to the government to protect the coatings sector by imposing higher import duties on the increasing volumes of paint being dumped on our shores.   Deryck Spence, executive director of SAPMA, says the Association has reliably learnt that an Indian paint manufacturer has launched plans to make its presence felt on local retail shelves which, if successful, would lead to the importation of even more, cheaper – and perhaps inferior – paint to compete with the already beleaguered SA producers.