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Philippines: Imposition of a temporary price cap on imported rice

Announcement

13 May 2026

In May 2026, the Philippine Government imposed a PHP 50 per kilogram price ceiling on imported rice (5% broken) from 13 May to 11 June 2026.

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Number of interventions

1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

13 May 2026

Revocation date:

11 Jun 2026

Announced: 13 May 2026
Import-related non-tariff measure, nes In force

Recent update from 18 May 2026:

On 13 May 2026, the Philippine Government published Executive Order No. 118 imposing a mandated price ceiling of PHP 50 (approx. USD 0.8) per kilogramme on imported rice (5% broken) for a period of...

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