WTO notification · SPS
PhilippinesEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency
Official title
Department of Agriculture Administrative Circular No. 12, Series of 2025, Guidelines on the Bilateral Recognition of Regionalization of African Swine Fever from Accredited Countries for Export of Swine, and Swine Products into the Philippines
The Philippines notified this emergency SPS measure on 23 January 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.
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Published here:
Live Animals; Animal husbandry and breeding; Meat and meat products; Animal and vegetable fats and oils
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/PHL/536; it forwards comments to the Philippines.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The Department of Agriculture (DA) Administrative Circular No. 12, series of 2025, titled 'Guidelines on the Bilateral Recognition of Regionalization of African Swine Fever from Accredited Countries for Export of Swine, and Swine Products into the Philippines', introduces a new policy for the safe importation of swine and pork products. In essence, the circular implements an African Swine Fever (ASF) regionalization scheme, replacing the previous blanket country-wide ban policy. This means the Philippines will now recognize ASF-free regions (Administrative regions) within countries that are already accredited to export to the Philippines, in line with the standards set by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
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