Browsing by Subject "imports"

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    • PHL, China foreign ministries to sign accord for ‘direct communication’ on sea incidents 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (, December 30, 2022, on page )
      The foreign ministers of the Philippines and China will sign an agreement during President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s state visit to China next week to open direct communication lines and avoid tensions in Philippine-claimed ...

    • Reduced tariffs seen to boost prawn industry 

      Silva, Chell (, August 21, 1990, on page )
      A reduction in tariffs and duties on prawn farm inputs coupled with a phase out of subsidies given by the Board of Investments (BOI) to prawn exporters will improve the competitiveness of Philippine prawns in the world ...

    • Rice and fish 

      Chanco, Boo (, November 16, 2022, on page )
      There was this story of a school girl whose baon every school day was a cup of rice sprinkled with patis or fish sauce. That was all her parents could afford, the story on social media said. The basic Filipino diet is rice ...

    • RP shrimps exports hurt by US embargo 

      (, August 11, 1996, on page )
      The embargo on shrimps imports into the United States since May 1 of this year has been hurting Philippine shrimps exports, it was reported by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). The US embargo on ...

    • RP to import 'bangus' fry from Taiwan 

      DSP (, August 16, 1995, on page )
      After rice, corn and sugar, the Department of Agriculture is proposing the importation of about 500 million bangus (milkfish) fingerling worth P275 million. Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian said the move is intended ...

    • RP, other SEA countries hit by shrimp import ban 

      Fernandez, Rudy (, August 18, 1996, on page )
      The Philippines is now among those affected by a ban imposed on shrimp import by the United States. The shrimp embargo, which took effect last May 1, stipulates a condition that methods used in shrimp capture in open seas ...

    • Salt industry output seen held back by reclamation, import competition 

      Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta (, September 12, 2022, on page )
      The salt industry is unable to boost production due to the reclamation of shoreline and competition from imports, an organization of farmers said. “Due to cutthroat trade liberalization and side-by-side reclamation projects, ...

    • Salt shortage leads to importation 

      Dejaresco III, Zoilo (, January 10, 2023, on page )
      The irony has not been lost on us, that in spite of the Philippines being of agricultural terrain, we import many of our basic agricultural needs, betraying perhaps decades of benign neglect mainly by government and private ...

    • Salt to the agri wound 

      (, January 20, 2023, on page )
      First, it was onions at almost P700 per kilo. Following the shock of these "golden" bulbs, eggs became quite precious at P215 per tray. Now it's salt - and lawmakers are rubbing it in a wound that seems to have afflicted ...

    • SEAFDEC-AQD chief warns against importing shrimp, prawn species 

      Valbuena, Rene T. (, July 3, 1989, on page )
      The entry of any imported shrimp or prawn species, even from places other than Taiwan, should not be allowed by the Government, a top official of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department ...

    • Senators seek dev't of 'diminishing' PH salt industry 

      Casayuran, Mario (, January 19, 2023, on page )
      Although it has a shoreline of 36,000 kilometers, the Philippines imports 93 percent or 550,000 metric tons of salt for its requirement. “We should look at the salt industry as an added income source to fishermen during ...

    • Senators slam BFAR on order vs. salmon, pampano sale 

      (, December 13, 2022, on page )
      Senators slammed the apparent late action taken by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) against the illegal diversion of pink salmon and pampano to wet markets. Senators Raffy Tulfo and Cynthia Villar, at ...

    • Shrimp industry potentials high 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (, May 29, 1984, on page )
      The export potential of the country's shrimp and prawn industry is almost unlimited. Thus, producers of these food commodities would do well to adopt strategies that could enable the industry to go bigtime into the export ...

    • Small fishermen urge government to enforce poaching laws 

      Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta (, January 26, 2022, on page )
      An association of small fishermen, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA), said the government needs to enforce poaching in order to deter illegal exploitation of Philippine fisheries. “Foreign ...

    • SRP for imported galunggong set at P180 in NCR 

      Jocson, Luisa Maria Jacinta C. (, April 8, 2022, on page )
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has set the suggested retail price (SRP) for imported medium-sized galunggong (round scad) in wet markets in the National Capital Region (NCR) at P180 per kilogram. “Considering the effects ...

    • Tilapia holds promise for the future 

      (, July 27, 1996, on page )
      Reconciling population growth and food productivity has trumped the government for ages. Projections from the National Census and Statistics Office placed the country's population at 75.2 million by the year 2000. Each ...

    • Villar, Legarda question DA's 60,000-ton fish import 

      Casayuran, Mario (, January 25, 2022, on page )
      Senator Cynthia A. Villar and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Monday, Jan. 24 questioned the decision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 60,000 metric tons of fish. During her hybrid hearing on issues ...