“Through this policy, we shall augment our domestic food supplies, diversify our sources of food staples, and temper inflationary pressures arising from supply constraints and rising international prices of production inputs,”
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has approved the recommendation of the economic ministry to extend up to the end of next year lower tariff rates on rice and other food items to help combat inflation, his office said on Sunday.
The modified rates approved in 2021 were due to expire at the end of this year, but an inflation rate running at 14-year highs warranted an extension of the tariff reprieve until Dec. 31, 2023. That means the tariff rate for imported rice will stay at 35%, while the import levies on corn and pork products will remain at 5%-15% and 15%-25% respectively, the press secretary’s office said in a statement.ariff for coal imports, a key fuel in power generation, will remain at zero beyond the end of next year, but will be reviewed regularly.
Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said in ththe Philippine central bank’s target range of 2%-4% for this year and the medium term.PHCBIR=ECI
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