# Uncertainties in Transition: Lifting of rice QR to worsen Filipino farmers’ lot |  Jasper Y. Arcalas

> The article discusses the Philippines lifting its quantitative restriction on rice imports and its expected effect on local farmers. The body text provided is mostly unrelated sports news, so details are limited.

- Date: 2017-02-11 · published 2017-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72587-uncertainties-in-transition-lifting-of-rice-qr-to-worsen-filipino-farmers-lot
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Removing the rice import quota would increase import competition and could weigh on domestic paddy prices and world rice demand.

## 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 | 2025-01-31 | [INTERVIEW: Ending ban on 100% broken rice exports would benefit Indian farmers, traders: TREAC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26466-interview-ending-ban-on-100-broken-rice-exports-would-benefit-indian-farmers.md) | -2.0% | -4.7% |
| RICE | 2024-07-10 | [Government to resume wheat sale from FCI stock; may take a call on lifting ban in rice exports - Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29224-government-to-resume-wheat-sale-from-fci-stock-may-take-a-call-on-lifting-ban.md) | -15.8% | -11.1% |
| RICE | 2018-11-01 | [Philippines fixes rice prices as inflation appears unstoppable](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62124-philippines-fixes-rice-prices-as-inflation-appears-unstoppable.md) | +1.1% | +3.2% |
| RICE | 2019-04-09 | [Slump in rice farm-gate prices due to import liberalization? \| ABS-CBN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59668-slump-in-rice-farm-gate-prices-due-to-import-liberalization-abs-cbn.md) | +1.3% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- businessmirror.com.ph: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2017/02/12/uncertainties-in-transition-lifting-of-rice-qr-to-worsen-filipino-farmers-lot/

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