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NFA Administrator Gregorio Y. Tan Jr. said that despite the successive spike in oil prices, the rate of increase in rice prices has been on a downtrend in the last eight months from a high of 8.3 percent in October 2005 to 4.1 percent last May.


"Managing the rice price is expected to moderate the total consumer price index/inflation rate," said Tan.


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NFA Administrator Gregorio Y. Tan Jr. said the agency’s rice exchange program involves the use of locally available well-milled rice stocks for distribution from surplus to deficit provinces without physically moving the stores to help private sector market their stocks efficiently and at lesser cost.


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The rice to be bought by the PNRC is regular-milled with 25 percent brokens and packed in bags of 21 kg each. Total price of the purchased volume is P17.54 million.


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Of the total volume, 19,722.50 MT were unloaded in Manila; 5,800 MT in Cebu International Port; 7,400 MT in Davao; 6,500 MT in Surigao; 6,700 in Cagayan de Oro; and 43,889.05 MT were unloaded at the Subic Free Port as of January 31.


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Rice price hikes to remain steady at below 5% — NFA

By Rocel Felix | June 22, 2006 - 12:00am

The National Food Authority (NFA) is projecting that the increase in rice prices will remain steady at below five percent and help ease the country’s overall inflation rate until end of the year. NFA Administrator...

Business

NFA rice exchange program to soften impact of high oil prices

May 7, 2006 - 12:00am

The National Food Authority (NFA) will actively implement its rice exchange program in response to the instruction of President Arroyo for the agency to mitigate the effects of the recent increase in fuel prices. NFA...

Agriculture

NFA ‘losses’ are gains for rice farmers, consumers

December 11, 2005 - 12:00am

The National Food Authority (NFA) stressed yesterday that whatever losses it incurs in its day-to-day operations are actually gains for the rice farmers who continue to enjoy having a ready market at a reasonable...

Business

NFA sells rice for relief operations

April 24, 2005 - 12:00am

Key officials of the National Food Authority (NFA) and the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) signed recently a contract for the purchase of 1.05 million kilograms (kg) of NFA rice by the PNRC to be used in its...

Agriculture

Rice imports start arriving

February 6, 2005 - 12:00am

At least 44,107.5 metric tons of rice imported by the National Food Authority from Vietnam and the United States have arrived in various ports of the country since January 12. Of the total volume, 19,722.50 MT were...

Agriculture