{"id":237760,"date":"2019-11-18T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T02:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237760"},"modified":"2019-11-18T21:11:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T02:11:07","slug":"effects-of-rice-tariffication-hindered-by-abusive-traders-cabsec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/18\/effects-of-rice-tariffication-hindered-by-abusive-traders-cabsec\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of rice tariffication hindered by abusive traders: CabSec"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the country experienced an artificial rice shortage last year, Duterte warned rice traders that he would not hesitate to order military and police raids on warehouses. (PNA File Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Unscrupulous traders may be one of the reasons why farmers cannot feel the full effects of the Rice Tariffication Law, a Palace official said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Amid farmer groups\u2019 complaints that the law had led to falling farm gate prices of palay, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles maintained that the law serves a good purpose and that abusive traders could be to blame.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, the Philippine Competition Commission is also taking a look at possible rice hoarding by some unscrupulous traders. It might not be as simple as a supply and demand problem.\u00a0Meron ding<\/em>\u00a0manipulation\u00a0kasing nangyayari<\/em>\u00a0(there is also manipulation happening),\u201d Nograles said over a phone interview with Palace reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cBaka<\/em>\u00a0(Perhaps) the reason why the market is not feeling the full effects of benefits of rice tariffication is because of unscrupulous traders who are hoarding. So,\u00a0siyempre, pag magi<\/em>-import,\u00a0baka hindi agad binibenta sa merkado<\/em>\u00a0(of course when you import, they might not be selling it to the market immediately),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Nograles, meanwhile, said it would be \u201chypothetical\u201d to assume President Rodrigo Duterte would be violating the law by suspending rice importation during the harvest period.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo clarified that Duterte did not ask Agriculture Secretary William Dar to implement any suspension of rice importation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala pa namang inissue si Pangulo<\/em>\u00a0(The President didn\u2019t issue any directive yet) so that\u2019s hypothetical that\u2019s why\u00a0pag-uusapan pa yan ng<\/em>\u00a0(it will be discussed among) economic managers\u00a0pati ng<\/em>\u00a0(and even the) Department of Agriculture,\u201d Nograles said.<\/p>\n

He also bared that Duterte has offered to hold a dialogue with local farmers to discuss their concerns, particularly the adverse effects of tariffication.<\/p>\n

When the country experienced an artificial rice shortage last year, Duterte warned rice traders that he would not hesitate to order military and police raids on warehouses.<\/p>\n

Duterte signed the Rice Tariffication Law last February to allow unlimited rice importation, but investors must first secure a phytosanitary permit from the Bureau of Plant Industry and pay the 35-percent tariff for shipments from Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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