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Senators eye using pork import tariffs as aid to local hog raisers enablePagination: false (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 9) Senators are considering filing a bill that would channel the funds raised from pork imports as direct aid to local hog farmers, as they opposed the plan of the Department of Agriculture to import tons of meat subject to ultra-cheap duties. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform on Tuesday rejected anew the DA’s request to raise the minimum access volume to 400,000 metric tons of pork imports, even though hog farmers claim that the deficit is only between 150,000-200,000 MT. Instead, senators backed calls to craft a bill similar to the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) that would channel the tariff collections on pork imports to assistance to hog farmers.

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