# Regulator urges prompt release of P10-B rice fund - BusinessWorld Online

> A Philippine regulator urged immediate release of the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund under the Rice Tariffication Law. It warned that delays could sabotage the law and that imports could exceed 2 million tons, with farmgate palay prices declining for five weeks.

- Date: 2019-04-22 · published 2019-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59669-regulator-urges-prompt-release-of-p10-b-rice-fund-businessworld-online
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Expected import growth of up to 2 million tons would add supply pressure on Asian rice markets and farmgate prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2019-08-08 | [Farmers wary of further palay price declines as traders reluctant to buy - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57672-farmers-wary-of-further-palay-price-declines-as-traders-reluctant-to-buy.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| RICE | 2019-11-18 | [Finance dep’t notes ‘disconnect’ between rice farmgate, retail prices - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56133-finance-dep-t-notes-disconnect-between-rice-farmgate-retail-prices.md) | +2.4% | +6.0% |
| RICE | 2025-12-03 | [ARDB Urges Mills to Release Rice Glut Stocks \| Cambodianess](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21597-ardb-urges-mills-to-release-rice-glut-stocks-cambodianess.md) | -0.2% | -5.1% |
| RICE | 2024-09-28 | [India lifts ban on exports of white rice with $490/tonne floor price - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12950-india-lifts-ban-on-exports-of-white-rice-with-490-tonne-floor-price-the.md) | +0.1% | +0.0% |
| RICE | 2019-04-04 | [Farmer-millers: Is P10-B fund misused under rice tariff law?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59671-farmer-millers-is-p10-b-fund-misused-under-rice-tariff-law.md) | -4.1% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- bworldonline.com: https://bworldonline.com/economy/2019/04/22/226882/regulator-urges-prompt-release-of-p10-b-rice-fund/

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