METRO MANILA—Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez, alongside Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benjamin Abalos Jr., led a special price and supply monitoring of agricultural basic goods, particularly pork and chicken products, on 9 February 2021. The first monitoring was conducted at the Commonwealth Market with Quezon City Mayor continue reading : DTI, DA conduct price and supply monitoring of agri commodities
MANILA— President Rodrigo Roa Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) No. 123 that retained the 5% tariff rate on imported mechanically deboned meat (MDM) instead of increasing it to 40%. The retention of 5% MDM tariff prevented any huge price increase in the processed and canned meat products. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon continue reading : DTI Chief: EO that retained 5% tariff on MDM issued, to prevent huge price increase of processed and canned meat products