Agriculture Department Imposes Price Ceiling on Landed Cost of Hogs Transported to Metro Manila
The Agriculture Department has set a price cap on the landed cost of hogs transported to Metro Manila to stabilize pork prices.
The Department of Agriculture has issued the Memorandum Order No. 13, s. 2021 imposing the price ceiling on the landed cost of hogs, transport cost, and farm gate price. The memorandum has been signed last February 9, 2021.
Pork meat suppliers, sellers, raisers, or traders of hogs with pre-arranged buyers in Metro Manila are entitled for the transport subsidies. The agency aims to stabilize the pork prices amid the African swine fever.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar also showed the price capping from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
- Central Luzon and CALABARZON – P170 + P10 = P180 per kilogram
- Visayas, Bicol, MIMAROPA, and Regions I and II – P155 + P15 = P170 per kilogram
- Mindanao – P144 + P21 = P165 per kilogram
Dar said that hog traders may claim the subsidy by presenting a shipping permit or certificate from the slaughterhouse, cold storage and National Meat Inspection Service in Metro Manila.
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President Rodrigo Duterte imposed the price ceiling in markets throughout the National Capital Region to stabilize the pork prices. The price cap would last for 60-days.
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