AgricultureUndersecretary for Policy, Planning and Research Fermin Adriano. (File photo) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) disclosed on Thursday the cunning strategy of technical smugglers following the calls of several congressmen to immediately address the alleged smuggling of palm oil products in the country. During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, some lawmakers noted the country may have already lost PHP45-billion revenue from smuggling. In a virtual press briefing, DA Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and Research Fermin Adriano said smugglers resort to misdeclaration to get away with tariffs through a follow-up conversion using the "refined, bleached, deodorized" (RBD) procedure. "Yun ang tinatawag nating technical smuggling, kasi 'pag na-categorize mo siya (That's what we call technical smuggling because when it is categorized as) unfit for human consumption, it's only animal feeds, automatically ang kanyang (the) tariff or tax is zero,