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Article: Export Action Line; The story of the US-imposed excise tax on Philippine coconut oil (Part I).(Business News)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- November 10, 2007
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Byline: Nelly Favis-Villafuerte
Every Filipino who is committed to promote our Philippine coconut oil here and abroad should know about the US-imposed excise tax on our exports of coconut oil to the United States from 1946 to 1966. To highlight the battle for survival that our Philippine coconut oil went through.
Let me share with the readers of this column the interesting report appearing in the 550-page handbook on coconut authored by my daughter Lalaine V. Abonal. The title of the reference/guidebook is Coconut Philippines.
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