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Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said the DA is seeking the assistance of the Office of the Solicitor General in seeking a reconsideration on a recent SC decision voiding the Safeguards Measures Act (SMA) which allows department heads to impose additional duties on certain imported commodities that are priced lower than local produce. 


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Defensor was referring to Republic Act 8800, the Safeguards Measures Act, which empowers the secretaries of agriculture and trade to impose higher tariffs or quota restrictions on imports that cause "serious injuries" on local industries and farmers.


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In an interview with The STAR, Hoddinott welcomed the preliminary injunction issued by the Court of Appeals against the lifting of the temporary tariff of P20.60 bag of imported cement.


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SAFEGUARDS MEASURES ACT

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In an interview with The STAR, Hoddinott welcomed the preliminary injunction issued by the Court of Appeals against the lifting of the temporary tariff of P20.60 bag of imported cement.


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DA seeks reversal of SC rule on safeguard measures

By Rocel Felix | August 19, 2005 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is exhausting all legal remedies in contesting a Supreme Court (SC) ruling stripping the executive branch of its authority to curb the entry of cheaper imported agricultural products....

Business

Gov’t committed to safeguards

December 12, 2003 - 12:00am

The Arroyo government will not hesitate to invoke the "Big Three" laws against import surges once jobs, revenue and companies are threatened, Michael Defensor, campaign spokesman of the Arroyo government,...

Business

Lafarge vows to keep lid on cement prices

By Marianne V. Go | June 30, 2002 - 12:00am

Lafarge Cement Philippines, Inc. president Peter J. Hoddinott assured yesterday that Lafarge would continue to keep a lid on the price of its cement as long as government provides the cement industry with tariff...

Business