# Slump in rice farm-gate prices due to import liberalization? | ABS-CBN

> Philippine farm-gate rice prices have been falling amid the rice tariffication law, which allows freer imports. Commentary questions whether import liberalization is driving the slump.

- Date: 2019-04-09 · published 2019-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59668-slump-in-rice-farm-gate-prices-due-to-import-liberalization-abs-cbn
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Cheaper imports under tariffication pressure Philippine rice prices, supporting weak Asian rice import pricing.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

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## Sources

- abs-cbn.com: https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/04/09/19/slump-in-rice-farm-gate-prices-due-to-import-liberalization

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