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    From January to May, Philippine rice imports decreased by 11.8%

    • Last Update: 2021-06-16
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to a report by the Philippine Business Mirror on June 9, the latest data from the Plant Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture showed that from January to May this year, the import volume of rice was 1.
    026 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 11.
    8% .
    Vietnam is still the largest source of imports, accounting for 91% of total imports, a year-on-year decrease of 3.
    2% .
    Imports from Myanmar decreased by 44.
    4% year-on-year, and imports from Thailand increased by 49.
    1% year-on-year .
    The issued Sanitary and Phytosanitary License (SPS-IC) covers a total of 1.
    937 million tons of rice, a year-on-year decrease of 37.
    8% .
     
    Tolentino, a member of the Currency Committee, said that the increase in domestic rice harvests and the rise in international rice prices were the reasons for the decline in imports
    .
    Montemayor, national manager of the Free Farmers Federation, said that traders may have reduced their rice purchases because their profits were reduced by rising prices in the international market
    .
    The wholesale price of rice is now affected by domestic production, so importers need to think twice when buying rice from abroad
    .
     
      According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the average price of 5% broken rice and 25% broken rice in Vietnam reached US$507.
    4 per ton and US$484.
    6 per ton, an increase of 36.
    9% and 38.
    3% year-on-year
    .
    The average quotations of 25% broken rice and 100% broken rice in Thailand reached US$529.
    6 and US$561.
    2 per ton, respectively, representing a year-on-year increase of 17% and 16.
    6%
    .
    Philippine Ministry of Agriculture Rice Imports
     
      Tolentino, a member of the Currency Committee, said that the increase in domestic rice harvests and the rise in international rice prices were the reasons for the decline in imports
    .
    Montemayor, national manager of the Free Farmers Federation, said that traders may have reduced their rice purchases because their profits were reduced by rising prices in the international market
    .
    The wholesale price of rice is now affected by domestic production, so importers need to think twice when buying rice from abroad
    .
     
      According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the average price of 5% broken rice and 25% broken rice in Vietnam reached US$507.
    4 per ton and US$484.
    6 per ton, an increase of 36.
    9% and 38.
    3% year-on-year
    .
    The average quotations of 25% broken rice and 100% broken rice in Thailand reached US$529.
    6 and US$561.
    2 per ton, respectively, representing a year-on-year increase of 17% and 16.
    6%
    .

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