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Australia taking China to WTO over wine duties

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 19 08:04 AM

Australia is lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on Australian wine exports, the government announced Saturday. Read more »

Philippines' April exports, imports rise at fastest pace in over a decade

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 12:18 PM

Philippine merchandise imports grew a hefty 140.9 percent in April from a year earlier, while exports jumped 72.1 percent, both rising at their fastest pace in more than a decade, government data showed on Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte temporarily slashes imported rice tariffs, 'modifies' pork import tariffs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 08:20 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved temporarily reducing the tariff rates on imported rice, and "further modified" tariffs on imported pork products to ease the burden on consumers, his office said on Saturday.  Read more »

Duterte raises MAV for pork imports to 254,210 metric tons

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 01:32 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved an over fourfold increase in the importation of pork to augment the shortage of its local supply due to African swine fever outbreaks, based on a document that Malacañang released on Tuesday.  Read more »

Gov't urged to boost support for local hog industry as pork import tariff eases

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 03:37 PM

Pork imports can augment supply while the country grapples with the African Swine Fever but the local hog industry needs government support while repopulating, an agriculture economics specialist said Tuesday.    Read more »

Locsin thanks Vietnam for offer of 'guaranteed' rice shipments

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 12:13 AM

MANILA - Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday thanked Vietnam for its “offer to guarantee rice shipments” to the Philippines during last year’s lockdown. Read more »

Philippines' Feb trade deficit smallest in 3 months

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 10:21 AM

The Philippines recorded a $2.29 billion trade deficit in February, the smallest in three months, as the value of imports fell to the lowest since June last year, while a decline in exports slowed, official data showed on Thursday. Read more »

Duterte payag sa pagtaas ng pork importation sa bansa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 10:24 PM

MAYNILA - Nagpadala na ng liham si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Kongreso para sabihin payag siya na itaas ang minimum access volume (MAV) o dami ng mga iaangkat ng bansa na karneng baboy sa taon na ito.  Read more »

BSP sees stability in position of peso

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 05:40 AM

The Philippine peso will be staying at its current levels, based on the projections of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Read more »

‘First time namin marinig’: DA launches fact-finding on alleged ‘tongpats’ racket in agency

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 09:16 PM

An official from the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said an investigating panel has been created to look into an alleged kickback scheme in the agency linked to the proposed increase of pork imports even as he believes it does not exist.   Read more »

Palace: Duterte to look into alleged 'tongpats' scheme on pork imports

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 05:58 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will look into an alleged racket that would supposedly bring in up to P6 billion in kickbacks from the proposed increase of pork imports even as he still trusts Agriculture Secretary William Dar, Malacañang said on Tuesday.   Read more »

Agri group bats for more loans to local hog raisers, warns vs pork tariff cuts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 11:47 AM

Instead of lowering tariffs on pork, the government should give local farmers access to more funds so they can grow the hog population in the country which will solve the problem of rising pork prices, an agriculture advocacy group said Thursday.   Read more »

Metro Manila gets fresh shipment of 2,000 hogs to pull down prices

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 11:23 AM

A fresh shipment of 2,000 hogs from Mindanao has been shipped to Metro Manila to address a supply shortage of pork and bring down its prices, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's order, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

DA recommends to Palace raising minimum volume for pork imports - Dar

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 06:04 PM

MANILA — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has submitted to Malacañang its recommendation to increase the minimum access volume (MAV) on pork imports to raise the country's stock, the agency's head said Tuesday, amid supply woes due to the African swine fever. Read more »

Palace seeks food summit to curb prices of pork, rice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 05:07 PM

Is another food summit necessary to curb the runaway prices of staples or could the government instead adopt a plan formulated in 2018?  Read more »

Executive branch calls for Food Security Summit over fluctuating prices

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 03:59 PM

he Executive branch is calling for a Food Security Summit to address the fluctuations in the prices of some staple food items, Malacañang said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Pork price cap to cover supermarket products: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 02:46 PM

A price cap that President Rodrigo Duterte set over pork will cover products in supermarkets, instead of just wet markets, said his spokesman Harry Roque.    Read more »

Duterte green lights more pork imports to raise supply, curb rising prices

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 03:58 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed additional pork imports to boost its supply and curb its escalating prices, his aide said on Thursday.  Read more »

IATF orders 'unhampered' hog shipments as pork prices rise

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 10:49 AM

The inter-agency task force leading the country's pandemic response has approved a recommendation for the the "unhampered passage" of hogs, a shortage of which has pushed up pork prices in Luzon, Malacañang said on Friday.  Read more »

Palace: Price cap on pork, chicken 'forthcoming'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 02:10 PM

A price cap that will curb the runaway cost of chicken and pork is "forthcoming", Malacañang said on Thursday, following public lament.  Read more »