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Despite the increase in the country’s rice output in the first half, an international agency said this may not be enough to ...
The Vietnam Food Association has asked the country's trade ministry to challenge a move by the Philippines to suspend rice ...
By bno - Phnom Penh Office Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered a 60-day suspension of rice imports, from September 1 to October 30, in an attempt to stabilise prices during the ...
In its monthly global grain report, the USDA slashed its 2024 rice import projection for the Philippines by 200,000 MT from its 4.1 million MT estimate in March.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) hiked its rice import forecast for the Philippines to 3.9 million metric tons this year, driven by bigger purchases from Vietnam.
The Philippines said on Thursday it expects its rice imports this year and in 2024 to be well below the latest projections by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as the Southeast Asian nation ...
The Philippines, one of the world’s top rice buyers, plans to import 330,000 metric tons of rice this year to boost an anticipated decline in its stockpiles.
The Philippines, one of the world’s top rice buyers, has given private importers about a month to purchase an additional 1 million metric tons of rice to boost domestic supply until the next ...
The Philippines, one of the world's biggest importers of rice, is taking steps to temporarily limit imports of the grain from Vietnam amid a big harvest at home, three rice traders and an ...
The Philippines became the world's biggest rice importer in 2019 with purchases estimated at a record 2.9 million tonnes. It usually buys from Vietnam along with some volumes from Thailand.
Now major rice-producing nations such as Vietnam and Thailand stand to benefit immediately from the lifting of the quota, even with the Philippines’ 35% tariff on Southeast Asian rice imports.