DA official defends special order on corn tariff amid farmers’ clamor

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A Department of Agriculture official defended the agency’s Special Order No. 540 that caused an uproar among farmers, saying it is “another knife in the back.”

In a press briefing Thursday afternoon, Reyes clarified that the order is just for the creation of the technical working group that will study the slashing of rates, and no decision has been finalized yet.

Currently, the corn tariff is at 35 percent. Feed millers have been permitted to import unlimited volumes of corn substitutes that are free from value-added tax and with a lower tariff of seven percent, the group explained.

 

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