Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go
(OFFICE OF SEN. BONG GO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The order modifies the rates of import duty on certain agricultural products under section 1611 of Republic Act No. 10863, the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act.
Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Demography Committee, said the President’s order will further maintain the reduced tariff rates on mechanically deboned meat (MDM) of chicken and turkey until next year as a way to help curb hunger and prevent prices of the said products from going up amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
“This is most welcome and I support it,’’ Go, a former Special Assistant to President Duterte, said.
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