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Monday, 10 November 2025
25 Sep 2025
10:08AM

Gov’t eyes rice import freeze extension, tariff hike

The government is moving to tighten the country’s rice import policy by extending the current two-month import suspension and raising tariffs on imported rice, in a bid to stabilize palay prices and protect Filipino farmers during the peak of the harvest season.
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