PRICEWATCH Rice prices in this stall at the Marikina City public market on Feb. 15 range from P45 a kilo, the cheapest variety of well-milled rice, to P70 a kilo for the “fancy” red rice. Keeping food, especially rice, affordable to ordinary wage earners is among the major challenges faced by the Marcos administration. —GRIG […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Despite record production and ample stocks, the Philippines is expected to import a record volume of rice in the 2024-25 marketing year, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture. The FAS said the projected import total of 4.7 million tonnes, which matches last […]
Agriculture ministers of Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to establish a rice industry alliance between the two countries and upgrade the trade relationship to an investment partnership in the rice industry. The Philippines is the largest export market of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Agriculture ministers of Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed […]
By Reuters HANOI, July 8 (Reuters) – The Philippines wants to boost cooperation on rice with Vietnam to ensure its food security, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said during a visit to Vietnam over the weekend. Laurel visited Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of An Giang, one of the key rice-producing areas of the Southeast […]
A worker arranges sacks of rice at a local rice store in Quezon City on October 4, 2023. MANILA, Philippines — Farmers’ groups will troop to the Supreme Court (SC) today to seek a halt to the implementation of Executive Order 62 on the 15 percent reduced tariff on imported rice, expected to take effect […]
Thailand’s rice exports in the first five months of 2024 increased 16.5% year on year to nearly 4.06 million tonnes worth 94.6 billion THB (2.6 billion USD), but exports in the third quarter are expected to drop as compared to the first half of 2024, said President of the Thai Rice Exporters Association (TREA) Charoen […]
