MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 493, March 3, 1975 ]

Effective immediately, there is hereby created a “Price and Commodity Flow Monitoring Team” which is tasked to set up a system for an up-to-date and regular, monitoring of commodity flows and prices. The scheme is envisioned to accomplish the following basic objectives:

a) to have a continuous and accurate data base on the commodity trade flow;

b) to be able to monitor the location of commodity stocks as well as prices at different places in order to avert any future crises concerning prime commodities;

c) to enlist the participation of the private sector in establishing a workable mechanism for prompt monitoring of price and commodity flow; and

d) to be able to come up with forecast models on the supply and demand for such commodities throughout the country.

The team will be composed of the following:

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Director J. Roberto L. Abling
Development Management Staff
Chairman
Director E. Castillejos Vice Chairman
Bureau of Domestic Trade (Domestic Trade)
Director Romeo Cruz Vice Chairman
Foreign Exchange Department Central Bank (Foreign Trade)
Mrs. Rosario Franco
Price Control Council
Member
Representative, Board of Investment
Mr. Socrates Brazal
National Computer Center
Mr. Benjamin Nolasco
Development Management Staff
Member
Representative
Bureau of Foreign Trade
Representative Bureau of Agricultural Economics

All departments, bureaus and other government agencies are enjoined to extend their assistance and cooperation to the team in the prosecution of its functions.1aшphi1

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

March 3, 1975


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