Philippines declares first province free of ASF

The new facility will be used to inspect imported containerized agri-fishery commodities to strengthen the country’s food safety regulatory system.

Swine populations on both backyard farms and commercial farms have seen significant declines.

An additional P300 million for backyard and semi-commercial hog raisers has been allotted.

The Department of Agriculture has allocated PHP41.6 million for 18 localities and the province of Pangasinan that were affected by ASF.

Twelve regions reported decreases in pig production during the first quarter.

Pork imports spiked from April to early June, following a series of executive orders cutting tariffs and increasing the allowable import volumes.

The Philippines can start exporting beef, carabeef, pork, chevon, mutton and their by-products to Japan.

First African swine fever cases reported in Eastern Samar

After pushback to an executive order lowering tariff rates of pork, a compromise reduces market access gains.

Between January and February, Spain exported 42% of the value of exports to the Philippines for all of 2020.

The Department of Agriculture is distributing "sentinel" piglets in areas where there are no reported cases of ASF.

Total agricultural production saw a 3.3 percent drop in the first quarter of 2021, but hog production suffered much more.

Just how much was Philippine pork production affected by African swine fever in 2020?