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00:00Due to the recovery of the export ban on rice in India,
00:04it is expected that rice will be cheaper during Christmas according to the Agriculture Department.
00:08Witnessed by Bernadette Reyes.
00:14The price of imported rice in this place of Oliver's in Quezon City
00:18was increased when the export ban of India was implemented in July 2023.
00:23When the Indian market closed,
00:26we used to sell rice at a retail price of Php 65 per kilo.
00:30Our business' capital was also affected.
00:33But the ban was repealed by India.
00:35This will help in reducing the price of rice,
00:37even if the percentage of rice imported by the Philippines from India is smaller
00:42compared to Vietnam and Thailand.
00:44Rice will be free up and more people will be able to trade in the whole world.
00:49Indian rice is also cheaper compared to Vietnamese rice.
00:54The price of international rice can be driven.
00:59According to the Department of Agriculture,
01:00aside from the increase of supplies in the international market,
01:03India is now open to export,
01:05which will also help to lower the price of rice in the country.
01:09In a moment, we will feel the effect of Executive Order No. 62
01:13where the tariff on imported rice was lowered by 15%.
01:17It's really slow.
01:19Because imagine, we were coming from Php 55 to Php 52 to Php 50.
01:24Now, we have seen Php 42 to Php 45.
01:27That's big.
01:28That's a very significant change in the drop in the price of rice.
01:32But we're still expecting that it can still go down.
01:34The effect of leaving India on the rice export ban will not be felt immediately,
01:39but it is possible that rice will become cheaper this Christmas.
01:42It will be another month that they will be able to save
01:45this Christmas time, this very month.
01:48Agri-Products will also monitor the markets
01:51so that no one will be left out,
01:52just like what happened to the millions of kilos of rice in the past.
01:56There will be no over-staying
01:58so that it's good to go in and out of the containers
02:03that contain agricultural commodities.
02:05More than 500 containers have been exported.
02:08There is another container that remains in Manila South Harbor for almost 300 days.
02:13According to the PPA,
02:15the terminal operator said that it will be endorsed by the BOC.
02:19For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes is your witness.
02:24Kapuso, let's be witnesses together!
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02:30And for Kapuso Abroad,
02:32join us on GMA Pinoy TV and www.gmainews.tv.
02:45Transcription by ESO. Translation by —

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