Malacañang asked to hold dialogue with hog raisers on import policy

📆 4/17/2021 8:01 AM
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Senator Francis Pangilinan is appealing to President Duterte to sit down with hog raisers and other concerned groups to discuss the situation of the local industry and come up with more appropriate solutions to the crisis brought about by the African swine fever (ASF).

Pangilinan recalled the lament of hog raisers that they were not consulted by the government in deciding to reduce the tariffs and increase the minimum access volume for pork imports.

“We believe the President is not deaf and blind to the woes of our local hog raisers. If he talks to them, he would see the reality on the ground,” he added. The Department of Agriculture , on the other hand, insisted that it consulted local stakeholders before forwarding to Duterte its recommendations to lower the pork tariffs and raise the MAV.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday, April 16, that the President may have been misinformed into allowing the lowering of the tariffs and increasing the volume of imported pork.

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