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                    [ArticleID] => 1430031
                    [Title] => TC recommends safeguard duties on newsprint
                    [Summary] => 

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) still needs to issue an order covering safeguard measures on imported newsprint after the Tariff Commission (TC) issued a recommendation to impose duties on such imports.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1319011 [Title] => Higher bread prices loom in provinces [Summary] =>

The price of bread outside of Metro Manila may increase as a result of the provisional duty imposed on Turkish flour imports, a flour   importer said.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1040011 [Title] => DA bats for provisional tariff on Turkish flour [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will file by September, a recommendation report to the Tariff Commission (TC) for the imposition of provisional duty on Turkish flour which is allegedly dumped into the country.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 952100 [Title] => Tariff body proposes extension of safeguards on testliner boards [Summary] =>

The Tariff Commission is proposing a three-year extension of the safeguard measure imposed on imported testliner boards set to expire this month to allow local producers to compete with imports.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 835925 [Title] => Incentives for e-vehicle manufacturers pushed [Summary] =>

A group of electric vehicle manufacturers, importers and dealers, is pushing for the passage of legislative bills seeking to provide incentives for the sector, as well as the imposition of zero duty on imported parts and components as these would help it become competitive in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 813045 [Title] => Abono party-list seeks hike in pork offal tariff [Summary] =>

A party-list group has called on the Philippine Tariff Commission to raise the tariff of pork offal to ensure the survival of around three million backyard hog raisers nationwide.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 687435 [Title] => Steel firms welcome DTI move on safeguard measures [Summary] =>

Domestic manufacturers welcomed the announcement of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that the agency will endorse any day now to the Tariff Commission their petition for the extension of the safeguard measures imposed on angle bars and vowed to cooperate fully with the commission.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 626209 [Title] => Philippines plans to abolish zero tariff under MFN [Summary] =>

The government is planning to abolish all the zero tariff under the most favored nation (MFN) as part of its campaign to increase revenues, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 544926 [Title] => Plastic industry asks government to scrap tariff on resins [Summary] =>

The plastic industry is asking the government to eliminate the tariff on plastic resins in order to make the local industry competitive.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337210 [Title] => RP-Japan trade talks resume [Summary] => Negotiations between the Philippines and Japan have resumed following a break caused by the filing of a petition seeking more transparency regarding the terms of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).

This was confirmed by Senior Trade Undersecretary Thomas Aquino who explained that while negotiations have resumed, the negotiating team are enjoined not to conclude the agreement.

Thus, conclusion of the JPEPA by July, Aquino admitted, may still be a "touch and go" matter.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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