Dominican Republic Announces Measures to Protect Its Rice Growers After Eliminating Tariffs to the US.
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The Dominican Government reaffirms its support for rice production, implementing measures to protect farmers and ensure food security following the abolition of tariffs.
The Minister of Agriculture, Francisco Oliverio Espaillat Bencosme, will hold next Monday, at 10:00 a.m., a meeting with representatives of the national rice sector to analyze the support measures that will be implemented after the repeal of decree 693-24, related to the tariff treatment of rice in the framework of DR-CAFTA. The meeting [...]
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Santo Domingo, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican government today defended the strengthening of national rice production, amid the demands of agricultural and political organizations for the repeal of tariff measures that protected the sector from imports. The post Dominicana defends rice production in a controversial tariff environment first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
The Dominican government announced this Friday, a national plan to support the rice sector that includes eight measures aimed at strengthening the productivity, profitability and sustainability of rice cultivation, as reported by the administrative minister of the Presidency, Andrés Bautista García.
The growing pressure to facilitate the entry of American rice into the Dominican market has put the government in the face of the dilemma of complying with the trade commitments made in DR-Cafta and protecting domestic producers, who fear losing competitiveness against imports.On Friday, the authorities have promised to implement a series of measures to strengthen local production, but the absence of a concrete plan, with defined resources and d…
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