Who may file a petition for safeguard measures?

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General safeguard measures

- Domestic producers as a whole, of like or directly competitive products manufactured or produced in the Philippines, or those whole collective output of like or directly competitive products constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of those products;

- The President, or the House or Senate Committee on Agriculture, or the House or Senate Committee on Trade and Commerce; and

- The DTI or DA Secretary, motu proprio, if there is evidence of increased imports of the product under consideration.

Special safeguard measures

- Any person, whether natural or juridical may request a verification if a particular agricultural product can be imposed a special safeguard duty.

- The DA Secretary may, motu proprio, initiate the imposition of a special safeguard measure following the satisfaction of the conditions for imposing the measure.