The Department of Agriculture (DA) is proposing to amend rules for the allocation of permits and accreditation of traders who want to import rice via the minimum access volume (MAV) scheme of the World Trade Organization.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is proposing to amend rules for the allocation of permits and accreditation of traders who want to import rice via the minimum access volume (MAV) scheme of the World Trade Organization.
Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said she is more partial to auctioning off rice imported via MAV, which is currently pegged at 805,200 metric tons (MT). Puyat noted that buying imported via an open tender is “more transparent.”
Puyat, who represents Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol at the National Food Authority Council, said she also plans to replace the current NFA-MAV committee, which screens rice importers, with an ineragency committee.
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