THE Philippines’s rice imports have breached 3.6 million metric tons (MMT), posting a new record volume for the world’s second largest buyer of the grain. Latest Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) figures showed that a total of 3.645 MMT of rice have entered the country as of mid-December. The volume…
THE Philippines’s rice imports breached 3.4 million metric tons (MMT), surpassing market expectations and posting a fresh record-high volume for the world’s second-largest buyer of the staple. Latest Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) data showed the country’s total rice imports from January to November 24 has already reached 3.422 MMT.…
the country has imported 3.37 million metric tons of rice in November, 34.14 percent more than the 2.51 million MT brought in in the same period last year.
The country’s rice imports in mid-October have reached close to 3.1 million metric tons (MMT), nearing a new record-high volume, latest government data showed. Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) data showed rice imports from January to October 13 reached 3.097 MMT, surpassing the 2.771 MMT total volume imported for the…
The country has imported nearly three million metric tons of rice as of end-September, breaching the full-year volume last year, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry.