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Duterte signs into law rice tariffication bill

Duterte signs into law rice tariffication bill

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the rice tariffication bill, his spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Friday.

The law will replace the present quotas on rice imports with tax.

Local farmers had opposed the rice tariffication bill, fearing it would flood the market with cheaper rice from abroad.

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