Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. met with hog industry leaders Thursday to tackle plunging farmgate prices, with the restoration of pork tariffs emerging as the sector’s main prescription for curbing imports and giving local raisers room to recover. Tiu Laurel told industry representatives that he had already discussed with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. the proposed return of pork tariffs to pre-African Swine Fever levels as imports rise alongside recovering local hog production.
