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The PSA said the nationwide rice stocks as of June 1 reached nearly 2.24 million MT, about 80,000 MT over the 2.16 million MT recorded in the same period last year.
Michael Varcas
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s rice inventory grew by 3.5 percent to over 2.2 million metric tons in June from a year ago, driven by bigger stocks of households and the National Food Authority (NFA), according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The PSA said the nationwide rice stocks as of June 1 reached nearly 2.24 million MT, about 80,000 MT over the 2.16 million MT recorded in the same period last year.
However, the latest rice inventory level was lower on a monthly basis. The June rice stocks were 2.9 percent lower than the 2.31 million MT inventory recorded in May, according to the PSA.
PSA said 44.7 percent of the June rice stocks were from the households, 36.4 percent were from the commercial sector and 18.9 percent were from the NFA warehouses.
Rice inventory in households reached one million MT while those in commercial sector and NFA hit 814,390 MT and 423,660 MT, respectively, based on PSA data.
“This month’s rice stocks inventories registered annual increases of 206.4 percent from the NFA depositories and 43.8 percent from the households. On the other hand, an annual decrease was noted from the commercial sector by 38.7 percent,” the PSA said.
“In comparison to the May 2025 rice stocks levels, a decline was noted from the households by 13.5 percent. Meanwhile, rice stocks inventory from the NFA depositories and commercial sector increased by 22.3 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively,” the PSA said.
In the same report, the PSA said nationwide corn stocks as of June 1 declined by 13.2 percent year-on-year to 651,960 MT from 750,760 MT.
“Corn stocks inventory exhibited a month-on-month decrease of 2.9 percent relative to its previous month’s inventory level of 671,100 metric tons,” the PSA said.
The PSA said about 90.3 percent or 588,890 MT of June’s total corn stocks inventory were from the commercial sector, while the remaining 9.7 percent (63,070 MT) were from the households.
On an annual basis, corn stocks in the commercial sector fell by 16.2 percent while those in households increased by 30.8 percent, according to the PSA.
“Relative to the inventory level in May 2025, the volume of corn stocks from the households registered a month-on-month decrease of 39.4 percent. Meanwhile, corn stocks inventory from the commercial sector increased by 3.9 percent,” the PSA said.
