THE country's rice imports surged to 2.3 million metric tons (MT) in the first six months of this year, marking a 24-percent increase compared to the previous year, data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed.
In its latest report, DA's Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) said that rice shipments for the January-to-June period were higher than the 1.8 million MT recorded in the same period last year.
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