AreaPhilippines

Commodity GroupRice

CommodityAll

Date06/07/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport tender

DescriptionIssued an international tender to purchase 250 000 tonnes of 25% broken rice, open to private sector entities. Suppliers were invited to submit their bids by 25 July 2017 for eight lots consisting of 25 000-50 000 tonnes of rice from any origin. Of the total volume, 120 000 tonnes should arrive no later than August 2017, with the remainder the following month.