Stop importing steel and iron from other countries.
Hungry for steel, American industries began importing steel from foreign sources.
To avoid the expense of importing steel it was built of reinforced concrete with an externally expressed frame.
Due to the huge cost of importing steel, the towers were constructed on a cheaper radical design of super high-strength reinforced concrete.
An import/export division which mainly focuses on importing and distributing steel and a vast range of industrial heavy machinery for domestic need.
Government documents list several alternatives: general revenues, Federal loan guarantees, existing tariff revenues, a special surcharge on steel imports, an auction of the right to import steel.
But Federal law enforcement officials said it was inconceivable that the Government would prosecute anyone who imported South African steel after getting permission from the Treasury.
The government is experimenting with the idea through allowing Sabah and Sarawak construction players to import steel and cement since February 2008.
Under the program, the Government may grant waivers to import steel that is in short supply.
The mill closed soon after it opened when Zairian officials discovered that they could import steel for half the cost of producing it.