Vietnam, Thailand tapped to supply rice

9 March 2015
Business World Online
Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Rice
National Food Authority (NFA) / Philippine Statistics Authority-Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (PSA-BAS) / Renan B. Dalisay

Neighbors Vietnam and Thailand have bagged contracts to supply a total of 500,000 metric tons (MT) of rice to boost the Philippines’ buffer stock in time for this year’s lean months, an official from the National Food Authority (NFA) said yesterday. …

Existing bilateral rice agreements allow the Philippines to import stocks from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia through government-to-government procurement mode. Cambodia did not participate in the last auction. …

 Claire-Ann Marie C. Feliciano
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