date:Sep 27, 2012
ivestock and poultry products, such as beef, carabeef, and chicken.
Import rates for Garlic, Mongo dropping
Higher but declining dependency on importation was noted for garlic, peanut, and mongo. In 2011, there was a significant reduction for garlic and mongo.
Last year, the import dependency ratio (IDR) for garlic dropped by 18.25 percentage points to 46.35%, while that of mongo went down by 11.12 percentage points to 42.52%.
IDR indicates the extent of the countrys dependency on importatio