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abtest

Do not implement tariff reduction and MAV expansion

April 1, 2021 - 12:00am

This is to request your action so that both the proposed tariff reduction for porks import as well as the in-quota Minimum Access Volume expansion are not implemented. This is also the unanimous position of the...

Letters to the Editor

MAV imports face delay

By Louise Maureen Simeon | August 3, 2018 - 12:00am

The arrival of the rice imports under the minimum access volume scheme will be slightly delayed but state-run National Food Authority assured this would not affect supply in the market.

Business

P-Noy signs EO revising duties on agri products

November 14, 2015 - 9:00am

President Aquino has signed an executive order modifying the most favoured nation (MFN) tariff rates of a wide range of agricultural products to enable the Philippines to conform to its commitment to the World Trade...

Agriculture

Phl expects favorable responses from US, Australia, Canada, Thailand on rice QR

March 24, 2014 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture is confident that the Philippines would obtain the consensus of the four remaining countries it is in talks with for the continued imposition of a special restriction on rice imports...

Business

Restriction on rice imports may spell trouble for Phl

By Edu Punay | February 20, 2014 - 12:00am

The Philippines stands to fall into dispute with other member-nations of the World Trade Organization with its continuous...

Headlines

Angkat na bigas pinigil Importer pumalag sa NFA!

By Butch M. Quejada | October 29, 2013 - 12:00am

Pumalag ang isang importer dahil hindi umano makatarungan ang pagpigil ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa mga inangkat na bigas at ang akusasyon na sangkot sa operasyon sa rice smuggling sa Davao.

Bansa

DA sees end to rice imports

October 26, 2013 - 12:00am

Upbeat on the success of its Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) this year, the Department of Agriculture is confident that the country’s perennial rice importation will become mere history beginning next...

Business

P-Noy rules out rice importation

October 20, 2013 - 12:00am

President Aquino has ruled out any rice importation this year after meeting with Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala and Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan.

Business

Thailand wants guaranteed MAV allocation in exchange for rice QR

September 18, 2013 - 12:00am

Thailand wants a guaranteed purchase of their Country Specitic Quota (CSQ) and  Minimum Access Volume ( MAV) allocation in exchange for their agreement to the Philippines’ request for a further extension...

Business

DA set to resume ACEF lending

August 21, 2012 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Competitiveness Ehancement Fund (ACEF), will resume extending loans as soon as the transfer of funds to Government Financing Institutions (GFIs) has been ...

Business