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PH rice imports to soar to 4.2-m MT in 2025

Philippines rice imports are forecast to hit a record level of 4.2 million metric tons (MT) in 2025 on continued growth in consumption. The Philippines...

DA: Rice imports may hit 3.9m tons

The Philippines may import as much as 3.9 million metric tons (MT) of rice in 2024, like the projection of the February 2024 grains...

495k tons of rice from imports to boost local stocks

The country will have enough rice to meet the local consumption until the start of the next harvest season in March 2024, the Department...

NFA shelves plan to import 330,000 tons of rice

The National Food Authority has shelved plans to import about 330,000 metric tons of rice meant for buffer stocking during the lean months, which...

Imee: No need to import rice til 2023

Senator Imee Marcos assured rice farmers that there is no need to import rice until next year, saying that the local supply will surpass...

The ‘law’ of unintended consequences

"Many (of our laws) are obsolete, and must be amended to keep up with the times. Others need to be tweaked to make use...

63% of Pinoys back repeal of rice tariffs, says survey

A majority of Filipinos support the repeal of the Rice Tariffication Law (Republic Act No. 11203), which removed quantitative restrictions on rice imports in...

Customs collects P18.9-b rice tariff

The Bureau of Customs collected P18.9 billion in duties from rice imports in 2021, up 22 percent from P15.5 billion in 2020, a top...

BOC raises P11.7b from rice imports

The Bureau of Customs said over the weekend it collected P11.69 billion in tariffs from 1.74 million metric tons of rice imports from January...

Dominguez asks Customs to monitor rice shipments to ensure lower prices

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Monday asked the Bureau of Customs to keep a tighter watch on rice shipments to ensure the proper...

Food news is good news

"The Philippines is a country of rice eaters."   Recently, the president signed EO 135, which seeks to address what is expected to be a 10-percent...

Rice Tariffication Law an important reform

The Department of Finance said the Rice Tariffication Law was among the game changing reforms in 2019.  The law imposed a farmer protection tariffs on...

Govt allocating P6b to subsidize small rice farmers

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said tariffs in excess of P10 billion collected from rice imports and earmarked annually for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement...

Group urges farmers to seek rice safeguard

The Federation of Philippine Industries urged farmers to file a petition to the national government to subject rice imports to safeguard measures as a...
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