The country’s rice stockpile jumped by nearly 500,000 metric tons (MT) in April as the National Food Authority (NFA) and households posted bigger inventories.
Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that rice stocks grew by 26.2 percent or 485,670 MT to 2.34 million metric tons (MMT) as of April 1 from the previous year’s 1.86 MMT.
“This month’s rice stocks inventories registered annual increases from the NFA depositories by 733.6 percent and from the households by 25.2 percent. On the other hand, an annual decrease was noted from the households by 6.4 percent,” the PSA report read.
The state statistics agency also noted that that last month’s stock inventory was 45.3 percent higher than the 1.61 MMT recorded in March.
The agency said 50.2 percent or 1.17 MMT was stored by households, while 35.1 percent or some 820,840 MT of rice was held by commercial entities, based on PSA data.
It added that rice stocks in the NFA warehouses as of April 1 reached 346,450 MT, accounting for 14.8 percent of total inventory during the reference period.
“In comparison to the March 2025 rice stocks levels, increments were noted from the commercial sector by 55.5 percent, from the households by 49.8 percent, and from the NFA depositories by 15.5 percent.”
Meanwhile, the state statistics agency said the total corn inventory as of April 1 dipped by 3.1 percent to 583,610 MT from 602,140 MT last year.
Despite this, the corn stockpile in April surged by 58.4 percent from the 368,510 MT recorded in the previous month.
PSA data showed that the corn inventory in commercial entities reached 458,680 MT, while corn stocks in households were at 124,930 MT.
“From the same month of the previous year’s level, corn stocks inventory from the commercial sector recorded an annual decrease of 10.1 percent. On the other hand, an annual increase of 36.1 percent was noted from the households.”
“Relative to the inventory level in March 2025 the volume of corn stocks from the decreased from the households by 136.2 percent and from the commercial sector by 45.3 percent.”
