hey sly fox

[mr hog]

slyfox I heard that china,canada,usa, thailand and brazil will be dumping alot of pork in the phillipines.Please let me now if I sould cull my sow herd?any info would be great thankx.

[mikey]

hey Mr Hog,I think we are already flooding the market in the Philippines,check out this story.

Philippine hog raisers urge probe on technical smuggling. Philippine hog raisers are calling on the government to probe the possible technical smuggling of meat products from Canada. They are asking the Department of Agriculture to look into the invoices of meat imports from Canada which may declare meat prices that are higher than the actual price registered in Canada. An industry official said there is an oversupply and if the declared price is higher than the actual price, this amounts to technical smuggling, and may lead to a further drop in the farm price of locally produced hogs, which is now hovering between PHP 70-80 (USD 1.50-1.72)/kg.