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Published May 6, 2021, 10:20 AM After weeks of disagreement on pork imports, the Senate and the President’s economic team, led by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, decided to lower the import tariff cut proposed under Executive Order (EO) 128 and adjust the volume of pork imports allowed to enter the Philippines under minimum access volume (MAV). Such a compromise between the two parties will just have to be approved by President Rodrigo Duterte. Agriculture Secretary William Dar will submit the revised pork import tariffs to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Bo...

BusinessWorld May 6, 2021 | 8:01 pm REUTERS THE agriculture industry said the government’s decision to moderate drastic tariff reductions represents a “moral victory” for hog raisers, who will need to compete with the increased volume of imports. The Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) said in a statement on Thursday that the Department of Agriculture (DA) also needs to revoke all sanitary and phytosanitary import clearances that had been issued under the original terms of Executive Order (EO) 128. “This is a moral victory for the local hog industry...

New Meat Processing Boot Camp responds to increased market demand FFI The Food Finance Institute (FFI) will host a new Financial Management Boot Camp for Meat Processors, a four-day training, running May 13 and 14 and June 17 and 18. The pandemic has highlighted gaps in small-scale food processing. Small meat processing plants were especially affected when COVID-19 outbreaks forced mass shutdowns of bigger suppliers, leading to an overwhelming surge in demand. Now small slaughterhouses are booked through 2021 and even into 2022, causing producers to find it increasingly difficult to process...

Import ban partly lifted on Dutch deboned poultry meat BusinessWorld 2 hrs ago © Provided by BusinessWorld IMPORTS of mechanically deboned meat (MDM) from Dutch poultry have been allowed to resume if the region or origin in the Netherlands is free of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu), the Department of Agriculture said. Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar signed a memorandum order on April 6 that permitted the import of poultry MDM from bird flu-free Dutch regions as listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Mr. Dar said the order grants the request of meat pro...

Meat importers call for easing of poultry bans Catherine Talavera © STAR/ File Meat importers call for easing of poultry bans MANILA, Philippines — Meat importers are urging the government to ease bans on the importation of poultry products by implementing zonal bans instead of country-wide restrictions due to the tightening supply of poultry. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary William Dar, the Meat Importers and Traders Association (MITA) said the supply situation of poultry products has become very tight due to the numerous importation bans in countries with reported ...