STABLE SUPPLY. Employees transfer sacks of rice to a different truck alongside Dagupan Road in Tondo, Manila on Sept. 9, 2024. Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa stated Wednesday (Oct. 2, 2024) rice imports could surpass final 12 months’s quantity to complement the nation’s robust harvest and preserve a steady rice provide within the nation. (PNA photograph by Yancy Lim)
MANILA – The Division of Agriculture (DA) stated Wednesday the next import quantity is feasible this 12 months in comparison with 2023.
In an interview, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa stated importers could surpass final 12 months’s quantity to complement the nation’s robust harvest when it comes to sustaining a steady rice provide within the nation.
“Karamihan ng import dumarating (Most import arrivals occur) throughout (the) final quarter, so, wanting traditionally, statistically talking, it would breach the three.6 million metric tons (MT) final 12 months,” he stated.
As of Sept. 26, the DA has recorded 3.195 million MT of rice import arrivals.
“We now have sufficient provide coming from robust harvest kahit could El Niño, kaunti lang naman iyong naging (regardless of the El Niño, there was minimal) reported harm,” De Mesa stated.
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Earlier, the DA stated the nation can also breach its 500,000 MT to 600,000 MT projected rice manufacturing loss because of the mixed results of the El Niño phenomenon, climate disturbances, and La Niña.
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For El Niño, the DA reported PHP15.3 billion in agricultural harm affecting 333,195 farmers and fishers in 15 areas nationwide.
The DA, nevertheless, maintained its hope to hit 20.4 million metric tons of rice manufacturing or a minimum of match final 12 months’s 20 million MT output regardless of the attainable results of La Niña.
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