PH remains as the world’s top rice importer

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 10/14/2024

The Philippines is expected to import more rice this year and next, keeping its position as the world’s top rice importer due to the impact of El Niño, La Niña, and recent typhoons on local production. According…

PH seen to import more chicken meat in 2025, USDA reports 

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 10/07/2024

The Philippines is expected to import more chicken meat next year due to a supply shortage. According to the US Department of Agriculture, the country’s chicken meat imports are projected to increase by 2.1 percent to 480,000…

Marcos to DA: Relax rules on farm imports to bring down prices 

Melvin Gascon 04/22/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. instructed the Department of Agriculture to ease rules and remove nontariff barriers on importing farm products to increase local supply and lower prices of items like rice and pork. The President’s…

Gov’t sees stronger peso this year

Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral 04/11/2024

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Marcos administration doesn’t expect the peso to reach 58 per dollar this year anymore due to lower import forecasts. Now, the interagency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) predicts the peso will average between…

PUV modernization: PH jeepneys out, China imports in

Kurt dela Peña 02/12/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The deadline for public utility vehicle (PUV) consolidation has been extended and the government has already stressed that it will not be the one to decide on the brand of modern vehicles for the…

Imports are not the enemy

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 06/06/2023

I’ve heard people passionately speak about imports as if they are the most evil scourge on our economy, hence must be tightly controlled if not stopped altogether. When economists like me argue for more liberalized trade to…

Govern agriculture right

Cielito F. Habito - @inquirerdotnet 09/27/2022

No doubt, agriculture now deserves top attention among the three economic sectors, over industry (mostly manufacturing) and services (with its mix of low- and high-value activities). The global food crisis that COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

Import duties, taxes up in October

Ben O. de Vera 11/04/2020

  The Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P50.9 billion in import duties and other taxes in October, exceeding its downscaled revenue goal for the fifth straight month. While the BOC’s actual collection was 5.2-percent higher than the…

Exports, imports still sliding

Ben O. de Vera 10/10/2020

The value of goods exported and imported by the Philippines in August fell by more than a fifth due to still weak global demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest preliminary external trade data released by…

Imports to spice up Cesafi slam-dunk competition

Brian Mikhael J. Ochoa 11/01/2019

Mandaue City, Cebu—Expect the slam dunk competition of this year’s Cesafi All-Star break to be action packed. This as foreign student-athletes will be competing in the much-awaited side event of the All-Star Games scheduled on November 10,…

China suspends Canadian meat imports amid Huawei dispute

06/26/2019

TORONTO – China is suspending all meat imports from Canada amid their dispute over the Canadian detention of a top executive at the Chinese tech company Huawei. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement on…

PH oil imports seen rising

/INQ.net 05/27/2019

The continued delay in petroleum exploration amid an anticipated decline in Philippine output of oil and gas is driving the country to even greater reliance on imports, according to a unit of Fitch Group. “The Philippines’ oil…

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