Rice Import From Vietnam
Bareksa • 08 Jul 2014
Workers unload sacks of rice from a Vietnam cargo ship, at the port in Manila. (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco)
The Philippines will import an additional 200,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam this year.
Bareksa.com - Workers unload sacks of rice from a Vietnam cargo ship carrying some 12, 700 tonnes of rice, at the port in Manila July 5, 2014. The Philippines will import an additional 200,000 tonnes of rice from Vietnam this year to boost local supply and stabilise retail prices that have risen to record levels, fanning inflation pressures, a senior agriculture official said. This is in addition to some 800,000 tonnes of rice that the National Food Authority ordered from Vietnam last April that is being delivered from May to August this year, according to local media. (Source : Reuters)