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Department of Agriculture-7 director Eduardo Lecciones said the Philippine Government will now push through with the protest against Australia for unfair trading in continuously implementing the ban on the Philippine bananas.


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                    [Title] => RP mulls WTO suit vs Australia
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Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano Jr. said Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban has given his office the go-signal to re-assess the trade row  with Australia involving the latter‚s  continued refusal to allow the Philippines to export fresh bananas to the Australian market.


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                    [Title] => Australia remains an elusive market for RP banana exports
                    [Summary] => Philippine banana exporters continue to face tremendous odds in their long bid to pry open the elusive Australian market.


This year, the Australian Banana Growers Council (ABGC) is expected to push hard for its members to approve a proposed  alternative national banana levy proposal based on a cents per carton model.


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                    [Title] => RP files new WTO suit vs Australia
                    [Summary] => The Philippine government is poised to file with the World Trade Organization (WTO) another complaint against Australia for imposing  "unreasonable" conditions before it allows the entry of local pineapples.


Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano Jr. said  the complaint is distinct and separate from the government’s earlier move to ask the WTO to create a panel that will resolve its dispute with Australia over the latter’s refusal to accept Philippine bananas. 


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                    [Title] => Australia putting up more roadblocks for RP bananas
                    [Summary] => After reversing an earlier decision to finally allow the imports of  bananas from the Philippines, the Australian government is poised to put up  more roadblocks in the form of  more rigid quarantine measures for Philippine bananas.  


This was indicated in a letter sent recently by Australian charge d’ affair Miles Armitage to Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr.


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                    [Title] => RP mulls retaliatory action vs Australia on banana issue
                    [Summary] => The Philippine government could take retaliatory measures against Australia for reversing  its earlier decision to lift the ban on imports of  bananas from the Philippines.


"We are reviewing to what extent we should retaliate against Australia. We’ve been very patient and accommodating in asking for more trade reciprocity but obviously there is intent to again delay our bid to have our products enter the Australian market," Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. said.


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                    [Title] => Banana exports to Australia suffer another setback
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Philippine agriculture officials said BA’s owing of such a major bungle is extremely disappointing since it was a complete turnaround from its recommendation last February that Philippine bananas passed rigid quarantine standards and are safe to enter Australia. 


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AUSTRALIAN BANANA GROWERS COUNCIL

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Philippine agriculture officials said BA’s owing of such a major bungle is extremely disappointing since it was a complete turnaround from its recommendation last February that Philippine bananas passed rigid quarantine standards and are safe to enter Australia. 


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