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Trade gap widens to $54.2 billion in 2024

By Louella Desiderio | 8 days ago

The country’s trade shortfall widened to $54.21 billion in 2024, the highest trade gap in two years or since the December...

Business

President Marcos justifies food emergency declaration

By Helen Flores | January 18, 2025 - 12:00am

To “force” the prices of rice down, President Marcos justified on Friday the impending declaration of a food...

Headlines

Philippines dairy imports up 24% in 9 months

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | December 26, 2024 - 12:00am

The country’s dairy imports in the nine months though September rose by more than a fifth on an annual basis to over...

Business

Decisive move

By Mary Ann LL. Reyes | December 1, 2024 - 12:00am

The Department of Trade and Industry is moving closer to imposing safeguard measures on imported cement which continues to flood the local market to the detriment of the Philippine cement industry.

Business

DA OKs additional 8,280 metric tons fish imports

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | November 27, 2024 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it approved the additional importation of 8,280 metric tons (MT) of frozen small pelagic...

Headlines

Feed makers tap thriving pet food market

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | October 27, 2024 - 12:00am

The country’s pet food market is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of six percent between 2022 and 2027, according to the US Pet Food Institute.

Business

Government to slap additional duties on more agricultural imports

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | October 10, 2024 - 12:00am

The Philippines is set to impose special safeguard duties (SSG) on four imported agricultural products that were not covered previously by the trade measure, such as pork hams and roasted coffee bean varieties, to...

Business

Rising bread, pasta demand to whet Philippines wheat imports

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | October 7, 2024 - 12:00am

Filipinos’ growing demand for pasta and other-wheat based products is expected to drive the country’s wheat imports...

Business

Rice imports slow down as traders still cautious

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | August 1, 2024 - 12:00am

Rice import arrivals have slowed down as traders and importers are still unloading their previous imported stocks while others...

Business

Fertilizer imports hit 3-year high in 2023

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | February 19, 2024 - 12:00am

Fertilizer imports last year expanded by almost a fifth to a three-year high of over 2.5 million metric tons as global prices...

Business