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Roxas said he has sent a team of negotiators to settle amicably the dispute with fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member Singapore.


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Instead, newly-appointed Agriculture Undersecretary Arsenio Balisacan said government will insist on keeping the QRs until 2010 and only then will it consider imposing tariffs on the country’s staple food.


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                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will not agree to the proposal for the Philippines to import rice from Thailand next year in exchange for the postponement of a cut in sugar tariff to start in January.


"Government right now does not have enough resources for the buffer stockpiling of rice and the proposed agreement will clip the flexibility of government to stretch its budget," said DA Assistant Secretary Segfredo Serrano. He added government is inclined to junk an arrangement where the country is forced to buy imported rice at very unfavorable terms.


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"Government right now does not have enough resources for the buffer stockpiling of rice and the proposed agreement will clip the flexibility of government to stretch its budget," said DA Assistant Secretary Segfredo Serrano. He added government is inclined to junk an arrangement where the country is forced to buy imported rice at very unfavorable terms.


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S’pore threatens to withdraw tariff concessions to RP

By Marianne V. Go | June 17, 2003 - 12:00am

Singapore has threatened to withdraw tariff concessions to the Philippines in retaliation for the government’s decision to maintain protective tariffs on petrochemical products, Trade and Industry Secretary...

Business

RP rejects ADB condition for release of $175-M loan

By Rocel Felix | January 22, 2003 - 12:00am

The government will not cave in to pressure from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to lift quantitative restrictions (QRs) on rice, one of the conditions for the release of the second and third tranches of the $175-million...

Business

RP won’t buy Thai rice at unfavorable terms

By Rocel Felix | November 19, 2002 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will not agree to the proposal for the Philippines to import rice from Thailand next year in exchange for the postponement of a cut in sugar tariff to start in January. "Government...

Business