Rice inventory down in Philippines —PSA Published February 18, 2021 11:53pm Amid the low pork supply, the Philippine Statistics Authority said rice supply in the country also went down by 12.8 percent. According to Mariz Umali’s report on “24 Oras” on Thursday, as of January 1, 2021, the rice supply in the country is only at 2.33 million metric tons. The rice supply in the commercial warehouse also decreased by 27.5 percent or over 689,000 metric tons. Meanwhile, the rice stock of the National Food Authority went down by 32.8 percent or more than 352,000 metric tons. Moreover, Philippine Integrated Rice Program of the Department of Agriculture said the low rice supply is due to the series of typhoons during the last quarter of 2020.