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Farmers want higher rice tariff on non-ASEAN By Madelaine Miraflor The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has appealed to the government to revert back the tariff on rice imports from countries outside Southeast Asia on the back of their low volumes of shipments. RICE FARMER Citing data from the...

The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has questioned the plan of the Philippine government to ban the entry of rice imports during harvest season, a move that will supposedly serve as a compromise to Malacañang’s latest move to temporarily slash tariff on imported rice from non-ASEAN countries....

Two big farmers’ groups have sought the intervention of the Senate regarding the recently issued Executive Order (EO) 135, which temporarily reduced the import tariff rates for rice coming from non-ASEAN countries. In their separate letters, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) and Samahang...