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2026 Department Circulars

CODE No.	TITLE	DATE
DC No. 13	Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs, and Semen originating from Argentina	06 March 2026
DC No. 12	Guidelines in the Implementation of Certificate of Necessity to Import 250,000 MT (CNI 250,000 MT) of Fish and Fishery / Aquatic Products	06 March 2026
DC No. 11	Exemption on the Coverage of Department Circular No. 01, Series of 2026, "Moratorium on the Issuance of DA Certification on Land-Use Reclassification Pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 26, Series of 2026"	03 March 2026
DC No. 10	Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs and Semen originating from Indiana, USA	03 March 2026
DC No. 08	Lifting the Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs and Semen originating from the States of Illinois and Wisconsin, United States of America	02 February 2026
DC No. 07	Lifting the Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Pigs, their Products and By-Products including Pork Meat, Pig Skin, and Semen originating from Czech Republic	02 February 2026
DC No. 06	Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs and Semen originating from Kansas, USA	02 February 2026
DC No. 05	Bilateral Recognition of Regionalization for High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Lifting of the Temporary Ban on the Importation of Domestic and Wild Birds and their Products including Poultry Meat, Day-Old Chicks, Eggs, and Semen originating from The Netherlands	11 February 2026
DC No. 04	Lifting the Temporary Ban on the Importation of Frozen Deboned Deglanded Buffalo Meat (0202.30.00) originating from the Indian States of Bihar, Maharashtra, and Telangana	02 February 2026
DC No. 03	Re-Evaluation and Moratorium on the Accreditation of New Importers	30 January 2026
DC No. 02	Extension on the Authority to Issue the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC) under the Certificate of Necessity to Import 55,000 MT of Frozen Fish for Wet Market and Certificate of Necessity to Import 22,000 MT (CNI-22) of Specified Fish and Fishery / Aquatic Products	30 January 2026
DC No. 01	Moratorium on the Issuance of DA Certification on Land-Use Reclassification Pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 26, Series of 2022, "Issuances of DA Certification Pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 54 (MC 54) Series of 1993, 'Prescribing the Guidelines Governing Section 20 of RA 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 Authorizing Cities and Municipalities to Reclassify Agricultural Lands into Non-Agricultural Uses' and Joint HLRB, DAR, DA, DILG Memorandum Circular Series of 1995 (JMC, Series of 1995), 'Prescribing the Guidelines to Implement MC 54'"	05 January 2026

2025 Department Circulars

CODE No.	TITLE	DATE
DC No. 17	Revised Guidelines on the Registration and Issuances of Permit to Operate for Agricultural and Fisheries Machinery Manufacturers, Fabricators, Assemblers, Distributors, Dealers, Importers, and Exporters	09 December 2025
DC No. 16	Revised National Guidelines on the Issuance of Certificate of Product Registration (COPR) for Agricultural and Biosystems Power and Machinery	04 December 2025
DC No. 15	Guidelines Governing the Phytosanitary Requirements for International Movement of Seeds for Planting and Research Purposes	17 November 2025
DC No. 14	Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation of Agricultural, Fish, Fishery / Aquatic, its Products and By-Products, Animal Feeds, Feed Ingredients, and Feed Additives; and, Fertilizers, Pesticides, and Other Agricultural Chemical Products into the Philippines	14 November 2025
DC No. 13	Adoption of FY 2024 Newly Developed, Revised, and Amended Philippine National Standards / Philippine Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Standards (PNS/PABES) as Technical Regulation Delisting of Several Previously Adopted Mandatory Parameters in Annex A of DC No. 08, Series of 2024	10 October 2025
DC No. 11	Amendment to Department Circular No. 10, Series of 2025, on the General Guidelines for the Implementation of the KADIWA ng Pangulo Rice-for-All (RFA) Program	13 August 2025
DC No. 10	General Guidelines for the Implementation of the KADIWA ng Pangulo Rice-for-All (RFA) Program	23 April 2025
DC No. 09	Guidelines on the Registration of Varieties of Crops Propagated by Open Pollination that have Developed Resistance through Natural Cross-Pollination with Genetically Modified Varieties having Freedom to Operate and Subsequent Selection	19 May 2025
DC No. 07	Expanded List of Beneficiary Areas Supplementing Annex "A" of the Department Circular No. 04, Series of 2025 on the Release of NFA Rice to LGUs during the Declaration of the Food Security Emergency on Rice	08 April 2025
DC No. 06	Updated Guidelines on the Funding of Inspection Missions on Accreditation of Foreign Suppliers of Agricultural and Fishery Products to the Philippines	03 April 2025
DC No. 05	Guidelines on the Conduct of After-Sales Service Compliance Monitoring and After-Sales Service Comparative Evaluation	20 March 2025
DC No. 04	Implementing Guidelines on the Release of NFA Milled Rice to LGUs during the Declaration of Food Security Emergency on Rice	18 February 2025
DC No. 03	Declaration of Food Security Emergency on Rice due to Extraordinary Increase in Prices	03 February 2025
DC No. 02	Revised Buying and Selling Price of Inbred Rice Seeds	22 January 2025
DC No. 01	Policy Guidelines on the Implementation of Pinoy Quality Seal (PQS or "Quality Assurance System") for the Local Agricultural and Fisheries Machineries Sector	23 January 2025

2024 Department Circulars

CODE No.	TITLE	DATE
DC No. 08	Adoption of Philippine National Standards / Philippine Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Standards (PNS/PABES) as Technical Regulation for Agricultural and Biosystems Power and Machinery and Building and Structures	20 September 2024
DC No. 07	Implementing Rules of Section 9 of R.A. No. 7581 (Price Act), as Amended, in relation to Agricultural Commodities	05 July 2024
DC No. 05	Compliance with Quantity in the Issued Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC) for the Importation Plants, Planting Materials, and Plant Products for Commercial Purposes	07 June 2024
DC No. 04	Amendment of Annex A: "Classification of Machinery and Equipment used in Agriculture" of Department Circular No. 02 Series of 2023 known as the "Revised National Guidelines on Testing and Evaluation of Agricultural and Fisheries Machinery"	23 April 2024
DC No. 03	Amendment to the Annex A of the Department Circular (DC) No. 07, Series of 2021 entitled "Supplemental Guidelines to DC No. 15, Series of 2020, re: Guidelines on the Establishment, Adoption, and Enforcement of the National List of Philippine National Standards/Philippine Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Standards (PNS/PABES)"	23 April 2024
DC No. 02	Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority's (FPA's) Recognition of Fully Registered Pesticides and Other Agricultural Chemicals for Animal Facilities from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)	03 April 2024
DC No. 01	Amendment to Section 5 and 6 of Department Circular No. 2 Series of 2018: Guidelines for the Production / Procurement of Quality Planting Materials of Fruits and Plantation Crops	10 January 2024

2023 Department Circulars

CODE No.	TITLE	DATE
DC No. 10	Rules and Regulations on the Product Registration of Organic Soil Amendments (OSA) and Organic Bio-Control Agents (OBCA)	23 November 2023
DC No. 07	Updated Guidelines on the Funding of Inspection Missions on Accreditation of Foreign Suppliers of Agricultural and Fishery Products to the Philippines	15 May 2023
DC No. 06	Harmonization of Terms and Streamlining of Requirements and Procedures for Authorization and Recognition under the Regulatory Jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture	05 May 2023
DC No. 05	Amendment to Administrative Order No. 09, Series of 2010, as Amended by Administrative Circular No. 06, Series of 2022	23 March 2023
DC No. 04	Revocation of Department Circular 1 Series of 2022, otherwise known as "General Guidelines on the Registration of New Fertilizer Products with Required Bioefficacy Trial and Mandatory Publication of the Bioefficacy Trial Terminal Report"	07 March 2023
DC No. 03	Revocation of Department Circular No. 8 Series of 2021 re: Additional Guidelines on the Importation of Fresh Onions	23 February 2023

2022 Department Circulars

CODE No.	TITLE	DATE
DC No. 07	Amending Section 1 of Department Circular No. 01, s. 2017 re: Guidelines on the Funding of DA Inspection Missions (DAIMs) on Accreditation of Foreign Suppliers of Agricultural and Fishery Products to the Philippines	09 December 2022
DC No. 05	Unified Set of Rules and Regulations for the Registration of Organic Producers, Produce, and Inputs	09 June 2022
DC No. 03	Guidelines for the Accreditation of Core Participatory Guarantee System Groups (PGS) and its Operation as Organic Certifying Bodies (OCBs)	28 April 2022
DC No. 02	Guidelines for the Operation of Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Groups as Organic Certifying Bodies (OCBs)	28 April 2022

2021 Department Circulars

CODE No.	TITLE	DATE
DC No. 08	Additional Guidelines on the Importation of Fresh Onions	14 December 2021
DC No. 06	Guidelines and Procedure in the Application, Processing and Issuance of Organic Input Importation and Exportation Permits through the tradenet.gov.ph, further Supplementing for this Purpose the Department Circulars (DC) No. 04 and 05, series of 2020 and DC No. 01, series of 2021	03 November 2021
DC No. 05	Supplementary Guidelines on the Implementation of the Constructors' Performance Evaluation System CPES) at the Department of Agriculture (DA) under the New Normal	03 November 2021
DC No. 03	Amending Section 32.1, 32.6, 32.7, 35.1 and 39.b of the Department Circular No. 6, Series of 2020 re: Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation and Exportation of Plant Food	27 August 2021
DC No. 01	Amending Relevant Provisions of the Department Circular No. 05 series of 2020 entitled "Guidelines on the Registration of Organic Bio-Control Agents (OBCA) Producers and Products"	29 January 2021

2020 Department Circulars

CODE No.	TITLE	DATE
DC No. 12	Guideline on the Use of the PhilGAP Certified Mark	07 July 2020
DC No. 10	Payment of Rendered Overtime Services of Meat Plant Officers of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS)	29 June 2020
DC No. 09	National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture	01 July 2020
DC No. 08	Revised Implementing Guidelines on Seed Multiplication, Production, Maintenance and Distribution of Recommended Superior Food Crop Cultivars	11 May 2020
DC No. 07	Guidelines for the Establishment, Maintenance, and Amendment of the National List of Permitted Substances for Organic Agriculture	18 March 2020
DC No. 06	Rules and Regulations Governing the Importation and Exportation of Plant Food	20 March 2020
DC No. 05	Guidelines on the Registration of Organic Bio-Control Agents (OBCA) Producers and Products	23 March 2020
DC No. 04	Guidelines on the Registration of Organic Soil Amendments (OSA) Producers and Products	23 March 2020
DC No. 02	Revised General Guidelines for Certification of Mother Trees and Planting Materials of Fruit and Plantation Crops	02 January 2020
DC No. 01	Guidelines on Plant Nursery Accreditation for Government and Private Plant Nursery Operators and their Nurseries	02 January 2020