+ Follow AFTA Tag
AFTA
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[Title] => Phl vegetable producers unite vs AFTA
[Summary] => Leaders of the Philippine Vegetable Industry Development Board (PVIDB) have become cooperation partners from competitors and vowed to oppose the implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area of the ASEAN (AFTA) in 2015.
[DatePublished] => 2012-11-22 18:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 843334
[Title] => Benguet agri coops to challenge AFTA
[Summary] => Agriculture cooperatives in Benguet are pitching a daring fight versus the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA).
[DatePublished] => 2012-08-29 16:59:39
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[AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao
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[Title] => RP gains tariff concession from Asean neighbors
[Summary] => The Philippines has gained a tariff concession from its Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN) neighbors, allowing the country to maintain its tariff on sugar instead of reducing it to five percent next year, said Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2009-10-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[Title] => RP firms must prepare to be competitive now, says Yap
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines must prepare to be competitive now instead of hoping for a further delay in the full implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA), Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2009-05-29 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 460166
[Title] => Local firms split over AFTA implementation
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - Local industries are divided over the forthcoming full implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) next year wherein tariff rates on all products in the ASEAN region must come down to between zero and five percent.
[DatePublished] => 2009-04-24 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP seeks delay in ASEAN Free Trade Agreement
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines is reportedly pushing for the delay of the full implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) in light of the current global economic recession.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-23 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP needs new policies to protect local industries, says DTI official
[Summary] => The Philippines should move to protect their own industries by reviewing its policies especially as the world has entered into a recession, a senior Trade official said.
[DatePublished] => 2009-01-25 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
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[Title] => Asean members to review AFTA rules of origin
[Summary] => The Philippines, along with its Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) neighbors, have agreed to improve the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement’s (AFTA) rules of origin (ROO) as well as accepting substantial transformation rules for wheat flour, wood-based products, aluminum products and iron and steel, as a co-equal or alternative rule to the 40 percent value-added rule.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => Sugar producers want gov’t to make representations with AFTA
[Summary] => The local sugar milling industry wants the government to ask the Asean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) to put sugar containing flavoring or coloring matter in the sensitive list to protect domestic sugar producers.
This would allow the government to continue imposing the 48 percent tariff on these imported commodities instead of three percent under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) of the AFTA.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-22 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1704647
[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[Title] => Roxas rules out cash compensation for Singapore
[Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said over the weekend the government will not compensate Singapore in the form of cash as a result of the Philippines’ continued tariff protection of its petrochemical industry.
"The Philippines is still validating the $3 million compensation that Singapore is asking for," Roxas said.
The Philippines, which had already been able to reduce Singapore’s initial demand from $38 million to $3 million, may even be able to bring down the amount further.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-21 00:00:00
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November 22, 2012 - 6:00pm
