The Government issued the Executive Order No. 87; effective as of August 22, which extends Executive Order No. 80 of August 2016 on the suspension of the import tariff on semi/wholly milled and broken rice. Tariff suspensions have been recurrent in the past few years, with the first one approved in March 2008 (Executive Order No. 11). The Government is committed to keep prices of selected basic commodities in check and this measure in particular aims to curb prices of rice, the country’s main staple food.