The manufacturing sector loses around 410,000 jobs year-on-year amid lower semiconductor exports, while more rice farmers ...

The research firm estimated that imports would account ... given that stocks in the Philippines are elevated.” With average rice futures prices anticipated to drop in 2025, BMI said “the ...

The slide in international prices did not translate into more rice purchases for the Philippines ... drop by 29 percent in 2025, largely due to sufficient global stockpile and relaxed export ...

That is the total volume of rice that the Philippines may import this year ... Domestic rice harvest, meanwhile, is projected to drop by 300,000 MT year-on-year to 12.325 million MT from 12. ...

The P7 per kilo drop in rice prices ... increased the buying price of rice by $40, from $580 to $620 per metric ton (MT). In 2023, the country imported at least 2.99 million MT from Vietnam or 83 ...

The Philippines, the world’s top rice importer, plans to look beyond its dominant supplier, Vietnam, to ensure steady ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday said it seeks to recommend the retention of a 15-percent tariff on imported rice ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said it would study the possible importation of rice from the Association of ...

The Philippines imported 1.7 million tons of rice in the first five months of 2025, down 20.9% from a year ago.

Despite this downturn, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects that the Philippines will remain the world ...