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- ₱900-M PHL shrimp exports to US may be affected by banSan Juan, Andrea (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2024-02-18)Nearly a billion pesos worth of shrimp exports to the United States are at risk due to the US’s temporary ban on the importation of shrimp and shrimp products from the Philippines, data processed by the Department of Trade and Industry-Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) showed. Last year, Philippine shrimp exports to the US reached nearly P900 million. In five years, the highest was recorded in 2019 when it hit more than P2 billion. In an advisory published on DTI-EMB’s website last week, the export marketing arm of DTI revealed that the US temporarily prohibited importation of shrimp caught using commercial fishing technology that “adversely” affects turtles such as the use of Turtle Excluder Devices.
- PH's bangus, shrimps get world's attentionDomingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2016-12-29)Eight Philippine exporters racked up $211 million (P10.54 billion) worth of orders and inquiries at a trade fair in Dubai on November, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The Department of Agriculture, which supervises BFAR, facilitated the participation of companies, including Fisher Farms Inc., RGE Agridev Corp., Seaworld Commercial Trading Corp., Mega Fishing Corp., Philfresh Corp., Phil-Union Frozen Foods Inc., Nuevo Fresco Marine Trading Corp., and Jam Seafoods Inc., in this year’s Seafex. “The success of our exhibit in Dubai proves that strong collaborations … can help us catch the big fish,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said in a statement.