MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday warned that raising pork importation could push Filipino producers out of business as she called on the government to prevent importers from taking over the local market supply.
“The slaughter of our local hog raisers will begin if the Department of Agriculture (DA) executes its plan to raise the minimum access volume of pork imports by as much as three times the present 54,000 metric tons,” Marcos said in a statement.
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“The DA may be overcompensating in its rush to increase imports to reduce consumer prices. It may deal the coup de grace to our pork industry before Vietnam could release a …
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