Bags of rice at Mwea Rice Growers Multipurpose Cooperative Society. FILE PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG Rice imports more than doubled in the first half of the year amidst duty
Rice wholesalers in Sabah have already been asked to absorb the price difference that occurs after the subsidy is provided to ensure that consumers can continue to enjoy the new
RICE imports were markedly lower as of the third week of September from a month earlier, Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) data showed. As of September 21, inbound shipments of the
A rice vendor at a market in Depok, Indonesia. The Southeast Asian nation is the world’s third-largest rice consumer. Photo: EPA-EFE Indonesia’s move to import rice from
KUALA LUMPUR: CGS-CIMB Research says it is maintaining its consumer price index (CPI) projection for Malaysia at 2.8% this year, as it believes the impact of the rising price of
By TED CORDERO, GMA Integrated News Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno downplayed the potential impact of reducing the tariff rate on rice imports, saying the government has
Farmers plant rice seedlings that are part of a breeding program for late-maturing varieties, at the International Rice Research Institute, in Los Banos, Laguna province,
Ben Sharples and Kok Leong Chan, Bloomberg News , Source: India’s Commerce Ministry (Bloomberg) — Rice prices extended losses as buyers continued to juggle the
Jeffrey Kitingan says the price hike for imported white rice will greatly affect households in the state, particularly low-income families. PETALING JAYA: Sabah should handle its