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Manila closes its door to pork just as Lula comes knocking
Hog farm in Rio Grande do Sul. Photo: Wenderson Araujo/CNA
The Philippines will stop importing most pork products for at least 60 days, cutting off the largest customer of Brazil's pork industry. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. signed Department Order 33 on Nov. 7, imposing a quantitative restriction on nine categories of pork, from fresh and frozen carcasses to bone-in ham, shoulders, and edible offal.
The order applies to every supplier, but no country has more to lose than Brazil…
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