The United Broilers and Raisers Association (UBRA) sent a letter to the Senate expressing that President Duterte’s Executive Order 18, imposing tariff cuts in imported pork, was useless in keeping the country’s pork prices low. The group showed that imported pork rose to 38.024 million kilos in Q1 2021–an alarming 254 percent from Q1 2020.

Ubra also noted that the price of imported pork was not significantly cheaper compared to existing prices, strengthening their point. This brings into question the point of decreasing revenue generated by lowering tariffs on imported pork. The country continues to suffer the effects of African Swine Fever, and are in desperate need of better-suited interventions to deal with the situation.

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