Local flour millers on Monday hit “protectionist measures” by Turkey, which imposes a 102.6-percent duty on flour exported to its country while vehemently opposing the 20-percent dumping duty filed before the Philippine government.

Ricardo Pinca, Philippine Association of Flour Millers (Pafmil) executive director, said that Turkey wants to continue exporting their flour to other countries at lower tariff, yet it prevents any country from shipping even a single sack of flour to Istanbul by slapping a whopping 102.6-percent duty on the commodity.

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