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Department of Agriculture

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Duterte suspends rice importation but won’t scrap tariffication

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the temporary suspension of rice importation during the local harvest season as a way to protect Filipino farmers…
  • November 20, 2019
  • 4 minute read

PH, China sign pacts on infra, trade and customs

The Philippines and China have signed, among others, two bilateral documents on the conduct of feasibility studies for two big-ticket infrastructure projects and two…
  • October 25, 2019
  • 2 minute read
Philippine bananas

Agri dept presses Japan for zero tariff on banana

The Philippines has reiterated its request for Japan to cut tariffs on Philippine bananas to zero. During the bilateral meeting of the Philippines and…
  • October 22, 2019
  • 2 minute read

DA starts process to impose safeguard duty on rice imports

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched investigations that will lead to the imposition of a general safeguard duty on rice imports to arrest…
  • September 24, 2019
  • 2 minute read

PH ends 7-year import ban on some Japanese fish species

The Philippines has lifted a seven-year-old ban on the importation of several fish species from Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, in…
  • June 1, 2019
  • 2 minute read

PH targets SG for meat, agri exports from Mindanao

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing the export of pork and poultry products and other agricultural products to Singapore in a bid to…
  • May 20, 2019
  • 2 minute read

DA to rationalize meat import permits to avoid glut

The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to slow down the issuance of new import permits for meat products until there is a drop in…
  • April 17, 2019
  • 1 minute read

Imposition of rice tariffs begins March 5

Under the newly enacted Rice Tariffication Law, tariff on imported rice will be imposed starting on March 5, according to the Department of Finance…
  • February 24, 2019
  • 3 minute read

BOC says FDA export clearance for processed meat not always required

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said the export commodity clearance (ECC) from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not required for processed meat…
  • January 22, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Dismantling of non-tariff barriers to fast-track PH agri imports ordered

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an administrative order (AO) removing non-tariff barriers and streamlining administrative procedure in the importation of agricultural products. In…
  • October 1, 2018
  • 3 minute read

Committee on tariff rejects tariff cut on agricultural goods

The Committee on Tariff and Related Matters (CTRM) is against a decrease in tariff on agricultural commodities as a means to fight inflation in…
  • August 23, 2018
  • 2 minute read

BOC asked to issue alert orders on all agri shipments

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has requested the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to issue alert orders on all shipments declared to contain agricultural products,…
  • May 1, 2018
  • 2 minute read

PH Bureau of Plant Industry eyes trial run of ePhyto system by Q2

The Philippine Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) will implement an electronic system that will automate the application and release of phytosanitary certificates in a…
  • April 12, 2018
  • 5 minute read

USTR cites ‘pervasive’ corruption, restrictive policies as PH investment barriers

Corruption, restrictive import policies, and delays in processing of permits and clearances are among the barriers to American exports and investments entering the Philippines,…
  • April 9, 2017
  • 4 minute read

PH food cargo haulers exempt from LGU pass-through fees

Cargo trucks and other vehicles carrying agricultural products in the Philippines no longer have to pay pass-through fees levied by local government units (LGUs).…
  • March 20, 2017
  • 2 minute read

First-time PH corn exports seen with production at record highs

The Philippines for the time is ready to export corn to neighboring countries in the region as corn harvests this year are seen to…
  • January 23, 2017
  • 3 minute read

Save for 3 countries, DA suspends PH poultry imports amid bird flu flare-up

The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has banned the importation of all poultry products, including dressed and deboned chicken, eggs, and ducks, except those…
  • January 13, 2017
  • 3 minute read

7,000 SPS clearances face revocation from PH agri dep’t

Meat, agriculture, and fisheries importers have until the end of this year to have their sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) clearances revalidated, or the Philippine…
  • December 26, 2016
  • 2 minute read

Simpler import procedures key to reducing meat smuggling, says customs chief

Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon is calling on trade regulatory agencies to revisit and simplify their process of issuing importation permits as a way…
  • December 12, 2016
  • 2 minute read

BOC continues to release meat imports despite DA recall of SPS permits

Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon reassured stakeholders there will be no port congestion and undue delays in Customs operations in the wake of the…
  • December 3, 2016
  • 4 minute read