The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that it would keep implementing the minimum access volume (MAV) amid negotiations for the extension of the country’s quantitative restriction (QR) on rice.

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said that rice imports outside MAV will be slapped with higher tariff to protect local farmers from the influx of cheaper rice. The trade barrier expired in June this year.

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