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==DA cuts tuna export fee== | |||
*Source:http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/333916/da-cuts-tuna-export-fee | |||
*September 11, 2011, 2:30pm | |||
:by MARVYN N. BENANING | |||
Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has slashed the 3 percent tuna export fee imposed in 2010 to only 0.2 percent as a means to make canned and fresh tuna shipped out of Gen. Santos City more attractive in the global market. | |||
The agriculture chief ordered the cut after the National Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (NFARMC), which suggested the impost in the first place, relented as the clamor for its abolition spread in the fishing industry. | |||
It recommended a steep reduction of the fee in a meeting held on July 22. | |||
Alcala announced the reduction in a speech delivered during the 13th National Tuna Congress at General Santos City. | |||
The impost was slapped to industry players under Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 233 issued in 2010, largely on the basis NFARMC’s recommendation. | |||
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) national director Asis G. Perez said the reduced fee is equivalent to P1,650 or 0.2 percent of fish raw material value computed from the previous year’s average wholesale price, whichever is higher, based on price surveys of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS.) | |||
Commercial fishing corporations and canners have described the export levy as an additional burden and a disincentive to them since it raises the prices of tuna and its byproducts, making them less competitive in the foreign market, said the SOCSKSARGEN Federation of Fishing and Allied Industries, Inc. (SFFAII.) | |||
Outgoing SFFAI chairman Marfenio Y. Tan claimed FAO 233 was “counterproductive and inconsistent with the thrust of the government to promote exports.” | |||
NFARMC promulgated FAO 233 in compliance with the spirit of Republic Act 9147, also known as the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001, and as a means to moderate the capture of migratory tuna. | |||
The council is a multi-sector advisory group under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture (DA) through BFAR. | |||
It consults stakeholder in crafting policies for the protection, conservation, sustainable development and management of the country’s fisheries and aquatic resources. | |||
Proposed policies crafted by NFARMC are sent to the DA secretary for consideration and approval. | |||
Sixty percent of the country’s tuna catch is unloaded at General Santos City, which is the country’s tuna capital. | |||
The tuna industry is presently facing hard times as a result of a ban on fishing in the high seas imposed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) since January 1, 2010. | |||
Last year, the country’s tuna production totaled 387,101 metric tons (MT), 9 percent less than in 2008. | |||
Of the gross volume, commercial fish catch accounted for 70 percent or 271,625 MT, 14 less than the record for 2008, said SFFAII. | |||
The total value of commercial fish output in 2010 was P17 billion, with SOCSKSARGEN region accounting for P10.7 billion, or 63 percent. | |||
Total tuna exports for the same year were valued at $359.4 million, roughly P15.45 billion at the exchange rate of P43 to a dollar. | |||
Of the total volume, about 70 percent came in the canned form or 76,800 MT, with the balance of 33,688 MT fresh, chilled or frozen. | |||
Canned tuna exports in 2010 dropped by 8 percent compared to the 2009 record, SFFAII revealed. | |||
==5 public schools in South Cotabato get new PCs, speech lab== | ==5 public schools in South Cotabato get new PCs, speech lab== | ||
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=371722 | *Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=371722 | ||
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“This will be the first-ever speech laboratory in the province. We will closely monitors its progress and evaluate later on its possible replication in other schools,” Fuentes said. | “This will be the first-ever speech laboratory in the province. We will closely monitors its progress and evaluate later on its possible replication in other schools,” Fuentes said. | ||
==SMI to cut 3,935 hectares of forest, arable lands== | ==SMI to cut 3,935 hectares of forest, arable lands== | ||