+ Follow TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY MANUEL ROXAS Tag
TRADE AND INDUSTRY SECRETARY MANUEL ROXAS
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[Title] => Local drug firms urged to price products reasonably
[Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima appealed yesterday to local drug companies to be reasonable in pricing their medicines.
"We appeal to drug companies to make their medicines more accessible to consumer by reasonably pricing them," Purisima said.
Purisima noted that drug prices have become very expensive and that "getting sick is becoming a luxurious expense."
He expressed the view that "genuine healthcare service also means making medicines within reach of the poor."
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-17 00:00:00
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[Title] => DTI holds off tariff cut on cement imports
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is holding off the reduction of the safeguard tariff on imported cement as retail prices of cement are reportedly on the downtrend.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => DTI, cement makers agree on price monitoring, freeze in tariff cuts
[Summary] => Local cement manufacturers have vowed to implement a strict monitoring of cement prices, while the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) holds off a reduction in the P20.60 per bag safeguard tariff.
Following a meeting with Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima, local cement makers agreed to strictly monitor prevailing cement prices to be able to pinpoint the causes of price manipulation.
The cement firms said that while they have control over their ex-plant price, the manipulation most likely occurs in the retailers’ and distributors’ level.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-08 00:00:00
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[Title] => Purisima threatens another P5 cut in cement tariff
[Summary] => Noting a continued rise in cement prices, Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima threatened yesterday a further P5 reduction in the safeguard tariff on imported cement to help bring down domestic prices.
Based on a monitoring of local cement, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) noted that Portland cement in the National Capital Region as of Jan. 12 is retailing at P125 per bag, up P5 from December 2003’s P120 per bag.
In Cebu, the prevailing price as of Jan. 9 is P134 per bag, up P7 from December’s price of P127 per bag.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-17 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 235091
[Title] => DTI reviews P5 reduction in safeguard tariff on cement
[Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar Purisima will carefully monitor and balance the needs of consumers and local cement manufacturers in making future decisions on the safeguard tariff on imported cement.
In a press conference, Purisima indicated that the P5 reduction in the safeguard tariff on imported cement is not permanent. "There is nothing permanent, everything is being reviewed," he said, adding that "We’re continuing the review because market conditions change."
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-14 00:00:00
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[Title] => Chicken shortage seen to last only up to early Jan
[Summary] => The current chicken supply shortage is expected to last only up to the first or second week of January, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.
In a yearend press briefing, Acting Trade Secretary Adrian Cristobal said that based on the assurance of local chicken growers, the current shortage will be addressed with the delivery of 1.3 million chickens.
"The demand for chicken is also seasonal and with the end of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the demand is expected to normalize in the first or second week of January," Cristobal said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-31 00:00:00
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[Title] => Roxas lowers safeguard duty on cement imports
[Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II approved yesterday the lowering of safeguard measures on imported cement and scrapped plans to allow the importation of one million kilos of chicken.
Roxas said that following a review of the data on cement production and prices, "we have concluded that the recent price increases are not warranted by the increase in factory inputs." "We are adjusting the safeguard measures accordingly," he stressed.
However, Roxas refused to reveal how much the reduction would be.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => DTI warns public vs fake Christmas lights
[Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is urging the public to buy only Christmas lights with Philippine Standard (PS) and Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) marks.
Such marks assure consumers that the product is safe and meets performance standards, according to Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II.
DTI has issued the warning over reports of the sale of defective or substandard Christmas lights which could overheat and result in unwanted fires.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => Roxas to ask TRM to temporarily reduce tariff on imported chicken
[Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II will ask the Cabinet-level Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) Committee to temporarily reduce tariff on imported chicken for the month of December to be able to address the current chicken supply shortage.
The DTI is proposing the reduction of tariff on the special importation of chicken to around 20 percent from the current level of 40 percent.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-27 00:00:00
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[Title] => BOI-registered investments jump 22% to P48.9-B in 1st 10 months
[Summary] => Investments approved by the Board of Investment (BOI) including those approved by the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA), totaled P48.875 billion in the first 10 months of the year, up by nearly 22 percent from P38.563 billion in the same period last year.
Of the total inflows, BOI-approved investments amounted to P24.576 billion while PEZA accounted for P22.298 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-25 00:00:00
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