THE Philippines' rice imports went up in August from a month earlier but were still lower reckoned from the start of 2023, data from the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) showed.

As of August 24, inbound shipments of the grain totaled 188,933.89 metric tons (MT), 20.56 percent higher compared to July's 156,711.75 MT.

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