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Press Release - Pangilinan: Senate to President Duterte: Withdraw EO lowering tariffs on pork imports

Press Release Senate to President Duterte: Withdraw EO lowering tariffs on pork imports THE Senate on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw Executive Order (EO) 128 that lowers the tariff on pork imports. A total of 18 senators manifested their support for the resolution including Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan, who reiterated the call for Malacañang to urgently declare a state of calamity due to the African swine fever (ASF). Declaring a state of calamity is important because we have to free up funds from the calamity fund to provide the necessary support. The Secretary of Agriculture has already said he needs 8.6 billion pesos for 2021 to address the swine fever and he only has 2.6 or 4 billion pesos. Kulang pa. Saan niya kukunin yon? Pangilinan said.

Groups oppose hiked volume and lower tariff for imported pork

Published April 6, 2021, 3:00 PM Several agriculture lobby groups jointly appealed for President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw his recommendation to increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) for pork by 350,000 metric tons (MT) as this may cause further damage to the local hog industry. The groups also asked Duterte to shelve another proposal of the Department of Agriculture (DA) which is to bring down the tariff on pork imports. MB FILE photo. (Jansen Romero) “ASF has caused serious harm, Mr. President, but the proposals of the DA are fatal blows that could slowly kill the hog industry . Double dead po ang sektor namin pagnatuloy ang mga proposals na ito, Mr. President [our sector will end up double dead if DA’s proposals are approved,” groups said.

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