DUMAGUETE, PHILIPPINES – Despite Negros Oriental’s shortage of live hogs, local pork market prices have somewhat decreased, according to an official statement on Monday.
According to Jaymar Vilos, who serves as the information officer for the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO), the weekly monitoring on March 15 revealed that there was only a minimal change in the price of pork.
Last week, two shipments of 285 heads of live hogs from Mindanao came in. The supply, however, was good for only two days’ consumption in this capital city, Vilos said.
“Our assessment shows that we cannot immediately feel the effect of the price adjustment of pork, and based on the carcasses from last week’s shipments, only two tons of pork were produced,” he added.
Vilos hopes the supply will improve in the coming days, as suppliers have already obtained a checklist of requirements from the PVO for inbound deliveries.
Pork is currently available in Tayasan town for PHP290 per kilogram, while the highest price is PHP420 per kilogram in Dauin and Sibulan towns.
According to the PVO research, the price of pork in this capital city was reported to be PHP380 per kilo, while the costs of pork in the other sections of the country ranged between PHP300 and PHP400 per kilo.
A kilo of pork might be purchased for as much as PHP420 at the end of the previous year. The African swine fever (ASF) is thought to be the cause of the shortage of live hogs in Negros Oriental, which is a country in the Philippines.
Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria recently ordered lifting the ASF ban, allowing inbound shipments from other places free from the disease, provided that requirements are met.
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