MANILA, Philippines – A party-list congressman expressed concern over a looming protest from local poultry farmers over an alleged “midnight” importation of chicken choice parts that is now competing with their products in the local market.
Poultry raisers said over the weekend that the subsector will not achieve a 20-percent increase in broiler production this year, because of the El Niño weather phenomenon and the importation and smuggling of cheaper alternatives to local chicken.
THE Philippines will also appeal for the exemption of chicken products from the zero-tariff regime under the Asean Free Trade Area-Common Effective Preferential Tariff (AFTA-CEPT) scheme. The AFTA-CEPT schedule to bring down tariffs to between 0 percent and 5 percent on most products will take effect next year.
MANILA, Philippines – Backyard poultry growers are holding back on expansion plans, while big corporate growers such as San Miguel Corp. (SMC) are expanding in the face of the forthcoming implementation of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA).
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