# PCC enters rice probe, focuses on middlemen | Philstar.com

> The Philippine Competition Commission will probe rice middlemen, including millers, traders and wholesalers, over a gap between farmgate and retail prices. Palay farmgate prices fell 30.1% year over year to P16.18 per kilo, while retail rice averaged P37.79.

- Date: 2019-10-23 · published 2019-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56652-pcc-enters-rice-probe-focuses-on-middlemen-philstar-com
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

This is a domestic Philippine policy and competition issue, with little direct effect on global rice export prices. It may affect Philippine import and price policy.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2019-01-21 | [Bracing for effects of impending rice imports \| Philstar.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61172-bracing-for-effects-of-impending-rice-imports-philstar-com.md) | +0.9% | -7.2% |
| RICE | 2019-04-20 | [Creation of ‘Rice Stock Exchange’ pushed \| Philstar.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59670-creation-of-rice-stock-exchange-pushed-philstar-com.md) | -2.2% | +6.2% |
| RICE | 2025-08-21 | [House urged: Support rice tariffication amendments \| Philstar.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11822-house-urged-support-rice-tariffication-amendments-philstar-com.md) | -4.4% | -4.4% |
| RICE | 2024-09-30 | [Global rice prices to ease as India lifts export ban \| Philstar.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28370-global-rice-prices-to-ease-as-india-lifts-export-ban-philstar-com.md) | +0.1% | +0.0% |
| RICE | 2017-02-27 | [Rice processor urges more support for rice farmers - Tribune Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72586-rice-processor-urges-more-support-for-rice-farmers-tribune-online.md) | -1.1% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- philstar.com: https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/10/24/1962783/pcc-enters-rice-probe-focuses-middlemen

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