Doña Maria rice sells out in China

MANILA, Philippines - In a country that produces around 200 million metric tons (MT) of rice per year, the Philippines’ own Doña Maria Premium Jasponica and Miponica Rice were fully sold out at an exhibition in Nanning, China. The Dona Maria Rice sold off its entire stock of 1,000 kilos in a record time of only four hours. It emerged as competing fairly well with prized Thai Jasmine and other fancy rice of the world. The Doña Maria rice is in itself considered a world-class rice developed in the Philippines by SL Agritech Corp. Doña Maria Rice also helped enable the Philippines export its pioneering volume of fancy rice when it shipped out at an initial 20 MT to Dubai in May this year. Rice-o-Pedia reported that China produced 195.714 million MT of rice in 2009 based on International Rice Research Institute data, making it the world’s No. 1 rice producer that year.  Doña Maria carries its rightful tagline ‘the best tasting rice in the Philippines, probably the whole world.’