The volume of meat sourced overseas by the Philippines declined in January as the country now prefers imported chicken over pork and beef, based on the data from the Bureau of Animal Industry. | jordeenelagare /PDI
However, this was 22.27 percent lower than 39.02 million kg sourced in the previous month.
The country procured 12.51 million kg of beef abroad, primarily beef cuts. Moreover, the country imported 3.33 million kg of buffalo. Trading partnersBrazil remained the country’s primary source of meat imports with 24.65 million kg, mostly chicken. The US Department of Agriculture earlier said it was expecting the Philippines to continue sourcing more pork as the Marcos administration extended the validity of lower import tariffs until end-2023.The foreign agency had estimated that pork imports would reach 600,000 metric tons this year, an increase of 4.3 percent.
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