US EditionMarcos Orders 60-Day Rice Import Halt Starting Sept. 1
PHILIPPINES, AUG 6 – President Marcos suspended rice imports for 60 days to stabilize palay prices amid a 31.8% drop in farmgate prices, aiming to protect Filipino farmers during the harvest season.
- In New Delhi, India on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered a 60-day rice import suspension starting September 1, 2025, to protect farmers.
- Earlier this week, the Agriculture Department recommended a 60-day rice import suspension following Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel's advocacy to protect farmers from falling palay prices.
- According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the Philippines imported $215 million worth of rice as of April 2025, while June's average farmgate palay prices plunged to P16.99 per kilo, a 31.8% decrease.
- FFF said the government’s delay in safeguards has pushed many Filipino rice farmers into debt, blaming rice imports for low palay prices.
- The move aims to ensure fair farm incomes and safeguard national food security amid volatile global rice prices, according to Malacañang, and targets price stabilization of locally produced palay to prevent displacement.
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Marcos orders 60-day rice import halt starting Sept. 1
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the suspension of all rice importation for 60 days beginning September 1. “To protect local farmers reeling from low palay prices during this current harvest season, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. today announced the suspension of all rice importation for 60 days beginning Sept. 1, 2025,” Presidential
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