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Philippines: Sugar MAV Importation and the Philippine WTO Obligation

By USDA

16th January 2023

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On December 22, 2022, the Department of Agriculture (DA) issued Memorandum Order 77 (MO 77) for the department to take action to stabilize sugar prices and evaluate the importation of 65,050 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar through the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) mechanism. Under the WTO, the Philippines agreed on a 50 percent tariff

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