Import Regulations & Standards
The import regulations imposed by the countries time to time to ensure Food Safety and Quality assurance includes non Tariff barriers for the various food products.
| S.No. | Circulation Date | Country | Report Title | Report Highlights | View Regulations |
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| 1 | 18 JUN 2025 | Philippines | Philippine Food and Drug Administration''s New Fees and Charges Temporarily Suspended | On June 10, 2025, the Philippine Health Secretary temporarily suspended the implementation of new fees and charges for services under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) jurisdiction due to concerns from various sectors. | Click here |
| 2 | 29 APR 2025 | Philippines | FAIRS Country Report Annual | This report outlines the Philippine Government’s policies regulating the importation of food and agricultural products. | Click here |
| 3 | 29 APR 2025 | Philippines | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report details the Philippine government’s certification requirements for food and agricultural products exported from the United States. Notably, the list of U.S. government-issued export certificates remains unchanged from last year. | Click here |
| 4 | 26 FEB 2025 | Philippines | Philippines Notifies WTO of the Implementation of PreBorder Technical Verification and Cross-Border Electronic Invoicing of Imports | On February 18, 2025, the Philippines notified the World Trade Organization Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of the Department of Finance’s Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 001-2025. | Click here |
| 5 | 18 FEB 2025 | Philippines | Philippines Issues the Implementing Guidelines of the PreBorder Technical Verification and Cross-Border Electronic Invoicing of All Imported Commodities | On January 24, 2025, the Philippine Department of Finance announced the issuance of Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 001-2025, which provides the implementing guidelines of the preborder technical verification (PTV) and cross-border electronic invoicing (CEI) of all imported commodities. | Click here |
| 6 | 10 JAN 2025 | Philippines | An Overview of the Philippine Department of Agriculture''s Two-Stage Inspection Procedure for Imported Agricultural Products | The Philippines operates a two-stage inspection process to clear imported agricultural products. Under the Department of Agriculture (DA) Administrative Circular No. 6 (2022), DA conducts a physical inspection at the port (first stage, known as the first border) and at the authorized premise or warehouse (second stage, known as the second border). For meat and meat products, the Bureau of Animal Industry and National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) serve as the first and second border inspectors, respectively. | Click here |
| 7 | 30 DEC 2024 | Philippines | Philippine Food and Drug Administration Clarifies Jurisdiction on Veterinary Drug Products | The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (PFDA) reiterated its jurisdiction on the regulation of veterinary drug products. | Click here |
| 8 | 24 OCT 2024 | PHILIPPINES | Philippine Department of Agriculture Discontinues the Imposition of Price-Based Special Safeguard Measure on Mechanically Deboned Meat of Chicken | On October 4, 2024, the Philippine Department of Agriculture amended Department Order No. 16 (2024), removing mechanically deboned or separated meat of chicken (HS Code 0207.14.91) from the list of agricultural products subjected to a price-based special safeguard (SSG) measure. | Click here |
| 9 | 11 OCT 2024 | PHILIPPINES | Philippine Department of Agriculture Imposes Price-Based Special Safeguard Measure on Additional Agricultural Products | The Philippine Department of Agriculture issued Department Order No. 16 (2024) on October 1, 2024, requesting the Bureau of Customs to continue imposing price-based special safeguard (SSG) measure on thirteen (13) agricultural tariff lines and impose price-based SSG on four (4) additional agricultural products. The Department Order takes effect immediately. | Click here |
| 10 | 26 JUN 2024 | PHILIPPINES | Philippines Issued EO 62 Modifying Import Duty Rates | On June 20, 2024, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued Executive Order No. 62 (EO 62) modifying the import duty rates of various commodities. EO 62 provides a multi-year comprehensive tariff schedule and applies to commodities subject to the Most Favored Nation (MFN) rates. Tariff rates on agricultural/food commodities remain the same except for rice, which declined to 15 percent from 35 percent. | Click here |
| 11 | 09 MAY 2024 | PHILIPPINES | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report outlines the Philippine government s required documents from the United States in order to facilitate the importation of U.S. food and agricultural products. | Click here |
| 12 | 06 MAY 2024 | PHILIPPINES | FAIRS Country Report Annual | This report outlines Philippines government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients, and other relevant considerations | Click here |
| 13 | 05 SEP 2023 | PHILIPPINES | FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients, and other relevant information. It also provides points of contact for key Philippine government authorities, U.S. government agencies, and trade associations. | Click here |
| 14 | 01 AUG 2023 | PHILIPPINES | Corn Import Regulations and Standards | This report outlines the Philippine government requirements for the importation of corn. It also provides points of contact for key Philippine government authorities. | Click here |
| 15 | 10 MAY 2023 | PHILIPPINES | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report outlines the Philippine government’s required documents of the United States in order to facilitate the importation of U.S. food and agricultural products. Post has made updates to Annex II on USDA APHIS Certificates for Live Animals. | Click here |
| 16 | 27 MAR 2023 | PHILIPPINES | Corn TRQ Administration | The Philippines maintains a Tariff Rate Quota for corn. Following the reduction of tariffs in 2022 and their extension in 2023, significant interest in how to access the in quota tariff ensued, and in turn, so followed widespread concern among local stakeholders for the process being anti competitive, outdated, and potentially inconsistent with the Philippines commitments with trading partners. | Click here |
| 17 | 27 FEB 2023 | PHILIPPINES | MFN Tariff Schedule Opens for Public Comment | On February 22, 2023, the Philippine Tariff Commission announced that it will commence a Comprehensive Review of the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Tariff Schedule, covering all products/tariff lines falling under Chapters 1 to 97 of Section 1611 of the CMTA, to set the MFN Tariff Schedule for 2024 to 2028 | Click here |
| 18 | 23 FEB 2023 | PHILIPPINES | TRQ Administration Rules and Regulations | This report provides the standard rules and regulations relevant to the administration of the Philippines tariff rate quotas, known locally as Minimum Access Volumes (MAV) and, when authorized, MAV Plus. MAV applies to horses, cattle, swine, goats, live poultry, beef, pork, goat meat, poultry meat, potatoes, coffee, corn, rice, and sugar. | Click here |
| 19 | 22 FEB 2023 | PHILIPPINES | Philippine Rice Import Regulations and Standards | This report outlines the Philippine government requirements for the importation of rice, including significant developments since 2022, when the government generally stopped approving issuances of the Sanitary-Phytosanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC) import permit. | Click here |
| 20 | 18 JUL 2022 | PHILIPPINES | SPSIC Validity Periods and Key Conditions | This report contains a table comparing the various validity periods and key conditions applicable to SPS Import Clearances (SPSIC) relevant to plant, animal, and fishery products under the oversight of the Philippines Department of Agriculture. For all SPSICs, the Department of Agriculture requires they must be issued prior to loading at the point of origin and does not allow their use to facilitate multiple shipments. | Click here |
| 21 | 01 JUL 2022 | PHILIPPINES | New Utilization Report Required to Import Feed Ingredients | On June 25, 2022, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) informed domestic stakeholders at a consultative meeting that it will be enforcing BAI Memorandum Circular No. 26 (MC26), dated August 11, 2021. MC26 requests importers submit a utilization report concerning their importation of ingredients used in the manufacturer of animal feeds in order to ensure ingredients imported for animal feeds are not diverted for human consumption or for other purposes. Multiple contacts have expressed concern to Post regarding the burdensome nature of this new requirement | Click here |
| 22 | 16 MAY 2022 | PHILIPPINES | Comment Period Open for Draft Policy on Food Establishments and Processed Food | On April 26, 2022, the Philippine Department of Health’s Food and Drug Administration notified the World Trade Organization of a “Draft Administrative Order Revised Rules and Regulations on the Licensing of Food Establishments and Registration of Processed Food, and Other Food Products, and for Other Purposes Repealing Administrative Order 2014-0029.” Trading partners and other stakeholders have until June 25, 2022 to submit comments. | Click here |
| 23 | 01 APR 2022 | PHILIPPINES | FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients, and other relevant information | Click here |
| 24 | 31 JAN 2022 | PHILIPPINES | Singapore Publishes Final Nutri-Grade Labeling Rules | Singapores Ministry of Health (MOH) published its final rule to implement mandatory nutrition labels and advertising prohibitions for NutriGrade beverages. | Click here |
| 25 | 17 AUG 2021 | PHILIPPINES | Validity of SPS Import Clearances Extended | On August 10, 2021, the Philippine Department of Agriculture issued Administrative Order No. 21 temporarily extending the validity of SPS Import Clearances for Imported meat and poultry from 60 to 90 days. | Click here |
| 26 | 29 JUL 2021 | PHILIPPINES | Minimum Labeling Requirements For Imported Meat and Poultry Strictly Enforced | On July 27, 2021, the Philippine Department of Agricultures National Meat Inspection Service issued Memorandum Circular No. 07-2021-018, reiterating the minimum labeling requirements for imported meat. | Click here |
| 27 | 13 JAN 2021 | PHILIPPINES | FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. | Click here |
| 28 | 13 JAN 2021 | PHILIPPINES | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report outlines the Philippine government’s required documents of the United States in order to facilitate the importation of U.S. food and agricultural products. | Click here |
| 29 | 14 DEC 2018 | PHILIPPINES | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients, and other relevant information. | Click here |
| 30 | 14 DEC 2018 | PHILIPPINES | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients, and other relevant information. It also provides points of contact for key Philippine government authorities, U.S. government agencies, and trade associations. | Click here |
| 31 | 22 DEC 2017 | PHILIPPINES | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients and other relevant information. It also provides points of contact for key Philippine government authorities, U.S. government agencies and trade associations. Section I on the Food Safety Act, Section VI on Other Regulations and requirements, and Section VII on Processed Foods of Animal Origin were updated. | Click here |
| 32 | 15 DEC 2016 | PHILIPPINES | Philippines : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients, and other relevant information. | Click here |
| 33 | 31 DEC 2012 | PHILIPPINES | Philippines Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report outlines Philippine government requirements for the importation of food and agricultural products. The report aims to assist U.S. exporters by providing information on labeling, packaging, permitted ingredients and other relevant information. It also provides points of contact for key Philippine government authorities, U.S. government agencies and trade associations. Sections I and VII have been updated. | Click here |