MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary William Dar denied on Monday the allegation that the proposal of his department to lower the tariff rates on imported pork and increase its volume was based on “exaggerated” projections.
“We want to share with you our computation for the MAV [minimum access volume] — plus so that everyone will have a better appreciation. This is not OA [overacting],” Dar said in Filipino during a House hearing jointly conducted by agriculture and trade committees.
Filipinos sometimes use “OA” to mean “exaggerated.”
President Rodrigo Duterte recently endorsed to Congress the DA recommendation to temporarily increase the MAV for pork imports …
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