In the first quarter, the agency said the total agricultural trade reached 6.45 billion U.S. dollars, an annual growth of 30.8 percent. Agricultural exports and imports were recorded at 1.95 billion U.S. dollars (30.2 percent) and 4.50 billion U.S. dollars (69.8 percent), respectively, the agency added.
Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has said he will reorganize the Department of Agriculture to tackle the "severe enough" problem.
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