DA says NCR consumers may be able to buy P43/k well-milled, regular rice starting next week

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00:00The Department of Agriculture, or DA, announced that starting next week,

00:04Metro Manila consumers can buy well-milled and regular rice for 43 pesos per kilogram.

00:10Rice sellers in Metro Manila have agreed to lower prices.

00:14This follows a meeting with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Lorel Jr.

00:18to address high retail prices despite lower import tax.

00:23Importers have reduced prices to about 38 pesos per kilo,

00:27but retailers were adding markups.

00:30Undersecretary Roger Navarro said retailers will sell well-milled rice

00:35for around 42 pesos per kilo, helping make rice more affordable, especially for poor families.

00:42DA Assistant Secretary Arnel De Mesa also said they will increase monitoring

00:47of 30 markets from Monday to Saturday to ensure cheaper rice remains available.

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