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[ArticleID] => 881959
[Title] => Pan de sal prices seen to drop
[Summary] => Consumers can expect lower prices of the Pinoy “Tasty” and Pinoy pan de sal this month as flour millers and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have launched the cheaper Harinang Pinoy flour.
[DatePublished] => 2012-12-07 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1473425
[AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 348705
[Title] => RP’s wheat imports from US expected to remain flat
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The country’s food wheat imports from the US is expected to remain flat this year as the weakening purchasing power of the peso is driving Filipinos to eat less pan de sal and other bread products.
Mike Spier, assistant regional director of the US Wheat Associates (USWA) said the declining consumption of bread has been noticeable in recent years.
For 2006, the Philippines’ food-grade wheat imports from the US is projected to be just slightly higher than last year’s total imports of 1.9 million metric tons.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1704647
[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 183234
[Title] => Feedmillers want NFA to import yellow corn at zero tariff
[Summary] => The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) is asking the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to import yellow corn at zero-percent tariff.
PAFMI spokesman Ricardo Pinca said hog and poultry producers want to bring in yellow corn at this time when domestic corn prices are spiraling upwards. Currently, local corn is selling at P7.40 to P7.50 per kilo.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1704647
[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 96989
[Title] => Flour millers face future with optimism
[Summary] => The optimism stemming from the country’s change in leadership appears to have rubbed off on the "one-hundred percent import-dependent" local flour milling industry.
"Our flour industry looks good now since renewed confidence in the economy has stabilized the peso a little, making the cost of wheat bearable," said Ricardo Pinca, executive director of Philippine Association of Flour Millers (Pafmil).
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1203478
[AuthorName] => by Rommel Ynion
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 96769
[Title] => Prices of pan de sal to rise soon
[Summary] => The prices of pan de sal and other bakery products are likely to rise following the peso’s plunge to a record low of 52.40 to the dollar the other day.
Dependent on imports for their raw material, local flour millers have to shell out more pesos to purchase wheat from abroad not only as result of the peso devaluation but also of wheat prices "about to go through the roof."
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-17 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1203478
[AuthorName] => by Rommel Ynion
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 96673
[Title] => Flour milling industry sees difficult year ahead
[Summary] => Hammered by the peso devaluation and high interest rates, the local flour milling industry expects a difficult year this 2001.
The trend in the industry has been a two to three-percent growth every year, said Ricardo Pinca, executive director of the Philippine Association of Flour Millers (Pafmil). "But this year, the economic crisis may take its toll on the business."
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1203478
[AuthorName] => by Rommel Ynion
[SectionName] => Business
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