{
  "id": 3546726,
  "title": "Meat imports breach 1 million tons in 7 months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/meat-imports-breach-1-million-tons-in-7-months",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-26T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Philippine Star Business",
    "slug": "philippine-star-business",
    "url": "https://www.philstar.com/business/2026/08/27/2552013/meat-imports-breach-1-million-tons-7-months"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the seven months leading up to July, the Philippines received over a million metric tons of meat, marking an 11% increase compared to the same period in 2025. The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) reported this, noting that pork imports alone made up more than half of all imports during this time, rising by 10% to 541,405 metric tons. This was an 11% increase from 490,825 metric tons imported during the same period in 2025. Pork deliveries included cuts (233,115 MT) and offals (162,745 MT), along with 77,444 MT of bellies and 43,991 MT of fat.\n\nThe government aimed to stabilize local pork supply and prices with Executive Order 116, raising the minimum access volume for imported pork to 204,210 metric tons. Chicken meat imports also rose by 15% to 335,669 metric tons, with mechanically deboned meat (MDM) comprising over half of these imports at 195,370 metric tons. Beef imports remained relatively stable at 110,570 metric tons, slightly lower than the previous year's 110,948 metric tons. The top sources for meat imports were Brazil (491,199 metric tons), followed by the US (127,381 metric tons) and Australia (54,107 metric tons).",
  "summary": "The country imported more than a million metric tons of meat from January to July, boosted by rising pork and chicken deliveries.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}