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VIRTUAL SENATE HEARING BY AGRI COMMITTEE ON PRICE INCREASE FOR PORK AND CHICKEN |
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Monday, 01 February 2021 |
At
the virtual Senate Hearing under the Joint Committees of Agriculture,
Food & Agrarian Reform and Trade, Industry & Entrepreneurship
via CISCO WEBEX on 1 February 2021, the 3-hour Meet consulted all the
stakeholders & government agencies concerned in the abrupt increase
in the price of pork and chicken. Among the 125 attendees were Senators
Villar, Pangilinan, Zubiri, Hontiveros, Marcos, Binay and Cayetano;
Secretaries Lopez (DTI) and Dar (DA); Usec. Castello & others from
DA; Rosendo So & Jason Cainglet/SINAG, Chester Warren Yeo Tan/NFHRI,
Edwin Chen/ProPORK, Jesse Cham/MITA, Gregorio San Diego/Egg Board, Jose
Elias Inciong/UBRA, former Bats. Rep. Nicanor Briones, Ernesto OrdoƱez,
Alfred Ng, DTI's Ann Claire Cabochan, Atty. Victorio Dimagiba/LKI, MMDA
GM Jojo Garcia, Senate Staff Joshel Regodon & Atty. Philip Lina and
representatives from the BAI, BoC, NEDA, the Tariff Commission, NMIS,
PSA, Toll Reg. Board, etc. Discussions revealed that prices began their
uptick in October 2020. Fear of ASF contamination coupled with COVID-19
infection prevented the swift transfer of hogs from ASF-free GenSan to
MM. DILG was tasked to coordinate with LGUs to allow the unhampered
passage of trucks carrying hogs. DA was instructed to set aside budget
for border facilities to guard against technical smuggling as MAVs were
known to be abused/sold by unscrupulous traders and savings from cheaper
imported meats not passed on to consumers. Senate was not in favor of
tariff reduction (which favors imports) and MAV expansion (which will
tilt heavily against local farmers when the smoke clears).
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