MANILA (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thai Minister of Commerce Phumtham Wechayachai has instructed Thai officials to work on expanding the market for Thai rice as the Philippines is
The government has not given permission to import rice, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says. Addressing the reports claiming otherwise, the lawmaker clarified that
THE country’s rice stocks were down 3.0 percent at the start of March from a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. Domestic inventory as
In file photo: A worker at the National Food Authority (NFA) sweeps the rice grains at their warehouse in FTI, Taguig City. THE country’s total rice inventory declined in March
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country’s rice imports for this year were unlikely to reach the 4 million metric tons (MMT) forecast of the United States
Rice has become a daily food in Fiji, with almost every household consuming it. Minister for Agriculture Vatimi Rayalu says despite this, Fiji still imports a significant amount
THE volume of rice imported by the country rose by 24.2 percent to 995,841.6 metric tons (MT) in the first three months of this year, according to the Department of
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says this move will allow more local rice to be made available to the public. The military, police, schools, hostels and hospitals must use imported
A vendor arranges rice for sale at a market in Paco, Manila on March 13, 2024. MANILA, Philippines — The country’s rice imports as of mid-March have surpassed the total volume