According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the high cost of rice has tempered the sharp decline in January inflation to 2.8 per cent due to lower cost of food, transport and utilities The Philippines Department of Agriculture is coordinating with the Department of Social Welfare and Development to directly supply[Read More…]
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Philippines to import 500,000 MT of rice from India and Taiwan
Within the last week of December and early January, 75,000 metric tonnes of rice will arrive from India Around 76,000 metric tonnes of rice from Taiwan and India are scheduled to arrive in the Philippines in early January while grains imported by the private sector have started to arrive as[Read More…]