MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered that tariffs on pork imports be temporarily reduced to resolve the country’s undersupply of pork.
Duterte signed Executive Order No. 128 on Wednesday, lowering tariff 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 128, the tariff rate on pork imports under quota or the minimum access volume (MAV) is reduced to 5 percent for the first three months of the order’s validity and to 10 percent for the fourth to 12 months of the order’s effectivity.
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