DA to restore tariff on imported pork, suspend issuance of clearances
The Philippine Department of Agriculture is implementing measures to support local hog raisers, including suspending import clearances and pushing for higher tariffs. These actions aim to address falling farmgate prices and the negative impact of cheap pork imports on the domestic industry.
Why it matters
This policy shift directly impacts food security and the economic stability of the local agricultural sector in the Philippines.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) reaffirmed its support to local hog raisers on Sunday to ease mounting losses due mainly on cheaper imports and falling farmgate prices."I'm on the side of Filipino hog raisers. We will do whatever is in our power to provide the swine industry immediate relief," Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said.On Friday, local hog raisers protested outside the DA office in response to the ongoing problems of the industry such as falling farmgate prices, influx of imports, and huge losses.With this, the agency will suspend the issuance of sanitary and phytosanitary import clearances (SPSICs) for selected pork cuts by mid-November and will run through January next year to halt imports and ease pressure on farmgate prices.The agency is also pushing for a two-month ban on pork importation as well as restoring the 40 percent tariff on imported pork, the measures the agency had proposed as…
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