RICE imports as of mid-December remained short of breaching full-year inbound shipments last year, data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed.

Figures from DA's Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) showed that inbound shipments of the staple were at 3.2 million metric tons (MT) as of December 14, lower than the 2022 full-year import volume of 3.8 million MT.

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