# 60-day import halt to help lift pork farmgate prices

> The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture imposed a 60-day halt on imports of certain pork products to help local hog raisers recover from losses attributed to cheaper imported pork. The department said pork imports reached 836,240 metric tons in 2025, while imports accounted for 65% of domestic production in the first half of 2026.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-11T01:39:29.474Z
- Category: policy · region Philippines · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/92764-60-day-import-halt-to-help-lift-pork-farmgate-prices
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Restricting imports reduces pork supply available to the domestic market and is intended to support farmgate prices for local producers. The price effect may be limited by the ban’s short duration and its coverage of only certain products.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2026-10-28 | [Lower feed costs to protect hog raisers from low farmgate prices - DA \| GMA News Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/209-lower-feed-costs-to-protect-hog-raisers-from-low-farmgate-prices-da-gma-news.md) | -2.7% | — |
| HOGS | 2021-09-23 | [China lowers 2021-2025 sow herd target, seeks to stabilise pork prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45062-china-lowers-2021-2025-sow-herd-target-seeks-to-stabilise-pork-prices-reuters.md) | +4.7% | -7.8% |
| HOGS | 2024-03-04 | [China tries to stabilise pig population as pork prices plunge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31188-china-tries-to-stabilise-pig-population-as-pork-prices-plunge.md) | -1.7% | +0.9% |
| HOGS | 2025-06-11 | [China Nudges Pig Farmers to Restrain Supply After Prices Slump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24184-china-nudges-pig-farmers-to-restrain-supply-after-prices-slump.md) | +6.1% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-28 | [Xinhua Headlines: China promotes large pig farms to ensure stable pork supply - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57089-xinhua-headlines-china-promotes-large-pig-farms-to-ensure-stable-pork-supply.md) | +0.1% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- pna.gov.ph: https://www.pna.gov.ph/article/60-day-import-halt-to-help-pull-up-pork-farmgate-prices

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