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Interview Philippine PPIA seeks fair deal on ASEAN zero tariff

By Chow Bee Lin

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Plastics processors in the Philippines want assurance of a level playing field before supporting calls for deferring the zero-tariff policy on polymers, a senior official of the Philippine Plastics Industry Association (PPIA) said on Wednesday.

Philippines is among the six members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) that had agreed under a free trade pact to rescind import duty for a wide range of products, including polymers, from 1 January next year.

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