Hiling sa SC ng ilang agri groups: Itigil ang pagbaba ng taripa para sa imported na bigas | 24 Oras

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Hinihiling ng ilang grupo sa Korte Suprema ang pagpapatigil sa pagbaba ng taripa sa ilang imported items kabilang ang bigas. Babala ng agriculture department may epekto ito sa suplay.

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00:00Some groups in the Supreme Court asked to stop the lowering of tariffs on some imported items, including rice.

00:07The Agriculture Department said that this has an effect on the supply.

00:11Mark Salazar was the one who pointed it out.

00:16The Supreme Court has already brought against the group of farmers

00:21under Executive Order 62 of President Bongbong Marcos.

00:26It was ordered to lower the tariffs on imported rice by 15% to 35%

00:32in the hope of lowering the price of rice.

00:35This is a violation of Constitutional Provision protecting our farmers against unfair competition

00:41because if imported products go bad, our farmers will really die.

00:48They asked the court to stop the implementation of the order

00:52which it did not consult with them.

00:55It is also something that the Senate Committee on Agriculture pointed out.

00:59There is no transcript of the public hearings of the Tariff Commission

01:04on the recommendation to lower the tariffs on imported rice.

01:08It did not come out in March.

01:10The opposite was said in September.

01:15Where did the 15% come from?

01:17The petitioner is the EDG.

01:19Yes, so it's the EDG.

01:21It means that EDG is not a stakeholder. EDG is a part of...

01:26What is EDG?

01:28Economic Development Group.

01:30A senator said that we should lower the tariffs on imported rice

01:36instead of the whole year until 2028.

01:39It's variable. It's not fixed. It's only 15% for four years, Madam Chair.

01:44It will be reviewed every four months.

01:46We have Section 1608 of the CMTA that can be petitioned to modify the tariff.

01:54Because from 2024 to 2028, it's not...

02:00The Department of Agriculture is concerned about the effect of stopping the implementation of the EO62.

02:07It will cause delay in the importation of our private importers.

02:14And even if the Supreme Court has not yet issued a decision against the EO62,

02:19it will have a negative effect on the decision-making of importers and rice inventories.

02:26They will have a hesitation delay.

02:28If they import, it will be 35% and 15% only.

02:31So it has implications.

02:34According to the National Economic Development Authority or NEDA,

02:38which is the respondent to the petition,

02:41even though the copy of their petition is still being waited for.

02:45But they respect the legal process and will respond to the petition through the Solicitor General.

02:52The government has also announced its program to sell rice for P29 per kilo to poor families.

03:02Only P10 per kilo can be bought by a family

03:05and it will be sold limited to the old stock of NFA rice.

03:10For GMA Integrated News, Mark Salazar.

03:14For Tutok, 24 Hours.

Hiling sa SC ng ilang agri groups: Itigil ang pagbaba ng taripa para sa imported na bigas | 24 Oras

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