September 6, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — The nation’s grain inventories moved in reverse instructions in August, with rice stockpiles rising by slightly over a fifth from a 12 months in the past whilst corn provides contracted by simply above a tenth.
Information from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) confirmed the quantity of rice held in households and business warehouses stood at 2.32 million metric tons as of Aug. 1, larger than the 1.86 million MT recorded a 12 months earlier.
The federal government’s statistics company famous the rise interprets to a 24.5 % year-on-year rise.
This month’s rice shares inventories registered annual will increase from the NFA depositories by 207.6 % and from the households by 51.6 %. However, an annual lower was famous from the business sector by 11.5 %, it mentioned in a report, breaking down the numbers.
Business warehouses cornered practically half of the nation’s reserves in August, whereas households accounted for slightly over a 3rd and Nationwide Meals Authority depositories made up the remainder.
Regardless of the year-on-year buildup, general rice provide slipped from the earlier month, reflecting a 16.8-percent drop from July’s 2.79 million MT.
In the meantime, corn inventories as of Aug. 1 stood at 590,720 MT, down by 11.2 % from the 665,070 MT posted a 12 months earlier, the PSA mentioned.
From the identical month of the earlier 12 months’s degree, corn shares stock from the business sector recorded an annual lower of 18.6 %. However, an annual improve of 116.7 % was famous from the households, the PSA mentioned in the identical report.
On a month-on-month foundation, corn inventories additionally slipped by 5.4 % from July’s 624,400 MT.
The PSA reported that palay manufacturing within the first half reached 9.08 million MT, up by 6.4 % from the identical interval final 12 months.
Corn output additionally rose, totaling 3.9 million MT and marking a 5.2-percent improve over the identical timeframe.
