The absence of a provision under the rice tariffication bill that will allow the export of corn has angered farmers belonging to the Philippine Maize Federation Inc. (PhilMaize), saying they had lost the chance of having an alternative market for their produce.

PhilMaize President Roger V. Navarro said they vehemently oppose the seeming deliberate omission of the provision but admitted that they can only do so much as the bicameral conference committee-approved rice tariffication bill is nearing its passage into law.

It is to our frustration that, for so long a time, the corn farmers want to export and until today we are not given the chance. It was taken out from the tariffication [bill], Navarro told the BusinessMirror.

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