Date:05/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/05/stories/2008030555671800.htm

Business - Briefly

Corrugated box makers seek excise cut

CHENNAI: The South India Corrugated Manufacturers’ Association has urged the Union Government to reduce the central excise duty on corrugated boxes to 8 per cent from 14 per cent. Lalit Lath, President of the association, has suggested that the excise duty on corrugated boxes should not exceed 8 per cent levied on kraft paper, the basic raw material. — Corporate Reporter