THE country's overall meat imports from January to September went down due to lower shipments of pork and beef, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported on Wednesday.

Data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) showed that meat imports in the first nine months of the year were recorded at 923.16 million kilograms (kg), 8.6 percent lower from the 1.01 billion kg posted in the same period last year. BAI is an agency under the DA.

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