Reduced rice, corn output seen for Q1

By Eireene Jairee Gomez

Apr 16, 2018 12:12 am

Rough or unmilled rice produced in the country is forecast to hit 4.59 million metric tons (MMT) for the first quarter of 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

The figure is 1.7 percent lower than the state-run agency’s January round estimate of 4.67 MMT and 3.9 percent higher than 4.42 MMT in 2017, according to latest PSA data.

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