RICE imports as of mid-October were much lower than the volume shipped a year earlier, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported.

Bureau of Plant Industry data showed that inbound shipments of the staple as of October 12 totaled 2.71 million metric tons (MT), down 16.37 percent from the year-earlier 3.24 million MT.

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