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Senator Joel Villanueva declared that cutting tariffs and increasing the volume of imported pork would lead to a flooded meat market which would undermine efforts to get the country’s pig farmers back on their feet. “Give our people imported pork, and we feed them for a day or even a month. But if we help […]
Committed to stabilize food prices, particularly pork, and temper inflation, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) jointly implemented a suggested retail price (SRP) for imported pork, specifically kasim at P270/kg and liempo at P350/kg, effective April 9. “The SRP for imported pork replaces the two-month ceiling price on pork and chicken, as […]