Piol said the Department of Agriculture (DA) was taken aback when palm oil imports jumped by 900 percent on an annual basis and breached 200 million kilograms (kg) in 2017.
The Philippines right now will look into trade remedies because there was, according to statistics, a huge increase in the arrival of palm oil from both Malaysia and Indonesia. Palm oil arriving in the country breached about 200 million kg, he told reporters in an interview.
From only 20 million kg in 2016, palm oil arriving in the country breached about 200 million kg last year. Indonesia was at about 120 million kg, he added.
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