Manila, April 2 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday announced plans to "revise and improve" the minimum access volume (MAV) for pork after 30 years of its implementation.

MAV, an import system for commodities' entry formulated in 1996, sets the tariff for pork MAV at 15 percent, much lower than the 25 percent regular tariff rate.

The MAV allocation is around 55,000 metric tons (MT) in total, with 30,000 MT allocated for meat processors and traders.

Earlier, the DA disclosed plans to also allocate 15,000 MT to the Food Terminal Incorporated (FTI) and Planters Product Inc. (PPI) for market intervention, while the remaining 10,000 MT will be "equally distributed" to other eligible traders.

In a statement, DA Secretary Fran...