MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. instructed the Department of Agriculture to ease rules and remove nontariff barriers on importing farm products to increase local supply and lower prices of items like rice and pork. The President’s Administrative Order No. 20, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on April 18, addresses administrative and other nontariff constraints causing price hikes in agricultural goods. READ: DA must be ‘data-driven’ to curb cycles of glut, scarcity Marcos directed the DA, in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Finance, to streamline procedures and requirements in the licensing of […]...Keep on reading: Marcos to DA: Relax rules on farm imports to bring down prices