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Agri chief hails Duterte order on reduced tarrif rate for imported pork products

Published Apr 9, 2021 02:05 pm

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar welcomed Friday, April 9, the issuance of Executive Order No. 128 by President Duterte which temporarily cuts the tarrif rate on imported pork products to address the insufficient supply of pork in the country.

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In a Laging Handa press briefing, Dar assured that local hog raisers will not be at a disadvantage even if the lowering of tarrif rates is expected to allow the entry of more imported pork products in the market.

"We considered everything. Ang pinapa-approve po natin na MAV Plus ay doon lang sa defficiency natin ngayong taon gawa ng ASF (We considered everything. The only thing covered by the MAV Plus is our defficiency this year due to ASF)," Dar said.

Duterte signed EO No. 128 last Wednesday to lower the tarrif rates on fresh, chilled, or frozen pork meat "to address the existing pork supply shortage, stabilize prices of pork meat, and minimize inflation rates."

Under EO No. 128, Dar explained that the tarriff rate on pork imports under quota or minimum access volume (MAV) is reducted to five percent in the first three months that the order took effect, and up to 10 percent for the four to 12 months of its validity.

The signing of the order came after the country was hit by the African Swine Flu which caused damaging effects to the domestic swine industry, leading to the soaring prices and the plummeting supply of pork meat.

Dar said that a repopulation program was also launched by the DA to help local hog raisers get back on their knees.

"So with this lowering of tariff at saka iyong repopulation program na ongoing na ay we believe na every stakeholder including the citizenry in terms of affordable pork prices ay win-win lahat ito. (So with this lowering of tariff and the ongoing repopulation program, we believe that it is a win-win situation for every stakeholder including the citizenry in terms of affordable pork prices)," he noted.

The signing of the order also came just in time after the lapse of the implementation of price cap on chicken and pork in Metro Manila on Wednesday, April 7. The DA imposed a 60-day price ceiling on chicken and pork products in Metro Manila on February 1 due to the outbreak of ASF.

With the lapse of the price cap, Dar said that the suggested retail price (SRP) on the imported pork products include kasim or pigue (pork shoulder) which is P270 and liempo (pork belly) which is P350.

"Now baka tanungin ninyo bakit walang SRP ang locally produced pork products. Minabuti po namin na huwag lagyan ng SRP para ang titingnan natin lang ay iyong mga imported pork products (Now you may ask why locally produced pork products have no SRP. We decided not to put an SRP so that we only monitor the imported pork products)," he explained.

Dar, however, bared that the results of their recent study revealed that locally produced meat should cost P320 per kilo for kasim and P350 for liempo.

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