The request of feed millers to import yellow corn at zero tariff even after the harvest season was thumbed down by the Department of Agriculture (DA) due to its detrimental effect on farmers.
The request of feed millers to import yellow corn at zero tariff even after the harvest season was thumbed down by the Department of Agriculture (DA) due to its detrimental effect on farmers.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol expressed his opposition to the scheme after stakeholders in the local farming sector met on August 10 to discuss the economic managers’ proposal to cut tariffs on certain food items to ease inflation.
Sources to the privy meeting said the request of the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (Pafmi) to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of corn at zero tariff was tackled during the Friday meeting.
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