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Rice imports fall 12 percent
The country’s rice imports in the first five months fell by 12.55 percent on an annual basis to nearly 1.9 million metric ...
The prices of retail rice may dip further in the local markets with the target lowering of the maximum suggested retail price ...
MANILA, Philippines - The United States anticipates a hike in agricultural exports to the Philippines this year amid several ...
Affordable prices of the staple grain are central to the agenda of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who also helmed the ...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has expressed optimism with the potential institutionalization of the Marcos administration’s ...
Thailand has secured more than 500,000 tons in new rice export orders following trade discussions at the Thailand Rice Convention 2025 (TRC 2025), held recently in Bangkok.
Despite this downturn, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects that the Philippines will remain the world's leading rice importer in 2025, with imports expected to rise to 5.4 ...
By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Senior Reporter TARIFF SCHEMES like seasonal duties are not enough to stabilize rice supply in the Philippines, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, citing the need ...
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia's National Food Agency (Bapanas) announced on May 27 that the Government would process food waste from the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme into economically valuable ...
“The strategy (of implementing EO 62) largely failed as importers and traders pocketed most of the savings from the tariff cuts instead of passing them on to consumers,” he said. Rice imports ...
Policies Mohanty mentioned are India’s removal of the import ban on non-Basmati white rice, and the Philippines’ maximum suggested retail price on imported rice plus efforts to crack down on ...