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Workers unload sacks of rice in Tondo Manila. The country's rice imports reached nearly 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, which is more than 40 percent of the total imported volume in the first two months of last year. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
![Workers unload sacks of rice in Tondo Manila. The country's rice imports reached nearly 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, which is more than 40 percent of the total imported volume in the first two months of last year. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN](https://www.manilatimes.net/manilatimes/uploads/images/2024/02/24/307088.jpg)
Workers unload sacks of rice in Tondo Manila. The country's rice imports reached nearly 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, which is more than 40 percent of the total imported volume in the first two months of last year. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
![Workers unload sacks of rice in Tondo Manila. The country's rice imports reached nearly 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, which is more than 40 percent of the total imported volume in the first two months of last year. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN](https://www.manilatimes.net/manilatimes/uploads/images/2024/02/24/307089.jpg)
Workers unload sacks of rice in Tondo Manila. The country's rice imports reached nearly 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, which is more than 40 percent of the total imported volume in the first two months of last year. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
![Workers unload sacks of rice in Tondo Manila. The country's rice imports reached nearly 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, which is more than 40 percent of the total imported volume in the first two months of last year. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN](https://www.manilatimes.net/manilatimes/uploads/images/2024/02/24/307090.jpg)
Workers unload sacks of rice in Tondo Manila. The country's rice imports reached nearly 570,000 metric tons as of mid-February, which is more than 40 percent of the total imported volume in the first two months of last year. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN