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However, increased competition from rival ship-breaking yards in [[Alang]], [[India]], and [[Chittagong]], [[Bangladesh]], coupled with relatively high import duty for decommissioned vessels, led to a disastrous decline in Gadani's output.<ref name="SyedAslam"/> After producing an average of one million tonnes of scrap in the 1980s, by 2001 the yard produced less than 160,000 tonnes and for ten months had no new vessel arrivals.<ref name="SyedAslam"/>
In 2001, the [[Government of Pakistan]] reduced ship-breaking duties from 15% to 10% and offered further incentives if industry activity improved.<ref name="DAWN"/> After these changes employment increased to a total of around 6,000 workers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dawn.com|date=2011-10-23|title=Ship-breaking at Gadani|url=https://www.dawn.com/2011/10/23/ship-breaking-at-gadani/|access-date=2021-07-10|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gadani Ship-breaking Yard|url=https://www.meezanbank.com/wp-content/themes/mbl/images/Calendar/Calendar2020/December.pdf
==Disasters==
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