by Carla P. Gomez.

The price of premium or imported rice has dropped by P2 to P5 per kilo in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, a Department of Agriculture (DA) official said Monday, May 5.

Only the price of premium rice or imported rice has dropped, there has been no change to the price of local rice, DA Negros Island Regional Director Jose Albert Barrogo said.

The average price of premium rice is now at P50 to 55 a kilo, and the lowest monitored was at P48, Barrogo said.

The average price of local rice is P40 to 44 per kilo, and the lowest is P30 a kilo, he added.

Benjie Tupas, who sells rice at the Burgos Public Market in Bacolod City, said a kilo of imported rice used to cost up to P60 a kilo but since mid-April it dropped to P55 to P56 per kilo.

Tupas said they are getting cheaper rice from their supplier.

Published Date: May 6, 2025