PHILIPPINES – THE LARGEST RICE IMPORT COUNTRY
PHILIPPINES – THE LARGEST RICE IMPORT COUNTRY
In the latest report of the US Department of
Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Services (USDA - FAS), the Philippines will
overtake China as the world's largest rice importer in 2019. the Philippines is
expected to import three million tons of rice in 2019, accounting for 7% of
total global rice imports. Meanwhile, large markets like China only imported
only 2.5 million tons, lower than the forecast of 3.15 million tons announced
earlier. This decline is believed to be due to the domestic supply meeting the
demand of the market.
However, it is also forecast that the Philippines will
reduce rice imports in 2020 in the context that the country has made certain
progress in domestic production. Specifically, in 2020, the Philippines is
forecast to import about 2.5 million tons of rice.
With the trend of increasing rice imports, the
nation's rice reserves increased by 14% in September 2019. According to the
latest data from some reports, the total rice inventory as of September 2019
reached 1.84 million tons, 13.7% higher than in 2018.
(Source: Vietnam Embassy in the Philippines)
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