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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 »

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 »

‘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 »

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 »

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 »

Agri dept mulls tripling pork imports to raise supply

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Updated as of Jan 18 09:52 PM

The Department of Agriculture said on Monday it was studying tripling pork limits to raise its supply, following recent price spikes, as African swine fever (ASF) hits parts of the country. Read more »

Temporary ban sa pag-angkat ng pork products mula Germany, ipinag-utos ng Agri Dept

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 12:56 AM

Nagpatupad ng temporary ban ang Department of Agriculture sa pag-aangkat ng baboy at mga produktong baboy mula sa Germany matapos makapagtala ng kaso ng African Swine Fever. Read more »