The Algerian ministry of commerce announced a week ago that all products will now be subject to the licensing system if they are imported to be resold in the same state to end-users.
“It will further complicate the whole import procedure, as most importers of rebar are distributors so they will be fully affected by this,” a trading source involved in Algeria-bound business said.
“Licences will [now] be needed for everything, from long [steel] products to … bananas, so we should expect chaos,” a producer source...
