• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Business and Economy
• 01 / 05 / 2012

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The 2011 was introduced last record with the figure of 293 thousand 847 tons of scrap steel, which led to the UnionBusiness Recovery Commodities (UERMP) one end of the year with good results.
Jorge Luis Tamayo, director general of the organization, told ACN that their use allows the production of higher added value and benefit the national economy.
He added that this material produces liquid steel, which are obtained billets and bars used in the construction ofhousing and other priority projects nationally.
Tamayo said that if the State had to import 114 000 757 tons of corrugated steel bars produced in Cuban industry, the expense would be more than $ 82 million.
There are reserves identified in this and other assorted entities still production and services are not taxed at the Company Recovery of Raw Materials, which violate the Law 1288, January 1975, said the manager.
This legislation sets out the obligations and duties of State agencies and departments, including in its technical-economic plan the delivery of waste and reusable items, after the manufacturing process.
According to data provided by UERMP in 2011 will beat the total program of physical units of recycled products, an increase of four percent compared to 2010.
Of a total of 16 selected lines, were completed 13 and 11 will grow in relation to the previous year.
These include, for example, scrap copper, lead and stainless steel and waste paper and cardboard.