# Post RTL: Rice can be profitable - BusinessWorld Online

> A Philippine analysis updates a 2015 PhilRice and IRRI study comparing rice production costs and yields in six Asian countries. It finds Philippine yields and farm costs are less competitive than those of Vietnam and Thailand. The article follows the 2019 Rice Tariffication Law.

- Date: 2020-02-03 · published 2020-02-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54679-post-rtl-rice-can-be-profitable-businessworld-online
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Philippine production costs under liberalized imports keep the country reliant on imported rice. This supports steady demand for Asian exporters' rice.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2024-03-24 | [Post-harvest support seen as key in taming inflation - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31272-post-harvest-support-seen-as-key-in-taming-inflation-businessworld-online.md) | -6.1% | +9.3% |
| RICE | 2019-01-20 | [Inflation crisis helps bring sweeping reform to rice growing industry - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61169-inflation-crisis-helps-bring-sweeping-reform-to-rice-growing-industry.md) | +0.9% | -7.2% |
| RICE | 2018-10-28 | [Traders will shoulder SRP adjustment, Piñol assures Zamboanga rice retailers - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62614-traders-will-shoulder-srp-adjustment-pinol-assures-zamboanga-rice-retailers.md) | -0.3% | +0.2% |
| RICE | 2020-10-22 | [Inspect rice imports for misdeclared quality, not just volume, Senate urges Customs – BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50694-inspect-rice-imports-for-misdeclared-quality-not-just-volume-senate-urges.md) | +2.3% | +2.1% |
| RICE | 2021-09-15 | [WTO: India’s interest in promoting wheat, rice exports may clash with G-33 proposal on MSP - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45017-wto-india-s-interest-in-promoting-wheat-rice-exports-may-clash-with-g-33.md) | +3.1% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- bworldonline.com: https://bworldonline.com/editors-picks/2020/02/03/276688/post-rtl-rice-can-be-profitable/

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