AreaPhilippines

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date14/01/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport agreement

DescriptionAccording to press reports, renewed an agreement on rice trade with Viet Nam. Under the accord, the Philippines would retain the option to import 1.5 million tonnes of rice per year from Viet Nam on a government-to-government basis, until 31 December 2018.