The slide in international prices did not translate into more rice purchases for the Philippines ... showed that rice import arrivals during the period reached 1.32 million metric tons (MMT ...

In File Photo: The National Food Authority stores its buffer rice stock consisting of imports and paddy it ... In 2024, the Philippines hit the 1-MMT mark in the first quarter, when it reached ...

The Philippines is targeting production of 20.4 million tonnes of rough rice this year, up from 19.3 million in 2024. The nation will likely import 5.2 million tonnes of rice this year ...

The retail prices of the Philippines’ main staple ... as well as the impact of lower rice import tariff which took effect early July last year. To illustrate the contraction in rice inflation seen ...

The Philippine government plans to sell some of its rice inventories at heavily subsidised prices in May as residents in the Asian archipelago turn out for midterm elections. The state-owned ...

It exported a total of 1.5 million tonnes to the Philippines. This is nearly 90% of that country’s rice imports, according to the Industry and Trade Ministry’s Asia-Africa Market Department.

MANILA, Philippines — The “biggest ... Salceda noted how private sector control over rice importation and the manipulation of import permits during the period led to a significant spike ...

This is predicted along with expectations that the Philippines’ output of milled rice might decrease by 3 percent due to the negative impacts of El Niño and La Niña phenomena. The United ...