Sunday 21 February 2021 GOVERNMENT has been told to reverse a decision to increase the import duties for cement to 50 per cent. The order came from the Caribbean Court of Justice on Friday as it ruled on an interim measure application by local cement importer Rock Hard Distributors and its St Lucia-based parent company. The interim measure means that the five per cent Common External Tariff on imported cement remains in place until the court determines Rock Hard’s challenge of the increase on import duties. In reading out the court’s order, Justice Jacob Wit said the Government “shall not enforce the statutorily rate of duty applicable' on other hydraulic cement, as far as it exceeds the Common External Tariff (CET) of five per cent.”