AreaPhilippines

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date01/02/2013

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport quota

DescriptionSigned an agreement with industry representatives in Luzon to combat rice smuggling. The accord envisages rice imports to be carried out primarily by the National Food Authority, with involvement of the private sector in the distribution of imported rice permitted through the agency\'s “Institutionalized Farmers as Distributors programme”. Procedures to identify, seize, store and dispose of smuggled supplies were also covered under the agreement.