National Food Authority(NFA)

Hi! I am conducting Material Flow Accounting of four major categories of materials including biomass in Metro Manila. I would like to request for the domestic trade in volume (tonnes) of food products under your agency. Specifically, I would like to determine the historical data (2000-2019) of domestic importation and export of products within your jurisdiction, from which regions Metro Manila's supplies are coming from and to which regions are they being distributed. Thank you very much.

October 16, 2020

Dear Patrick,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 14, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Domestic Trade of Food Products in Metro Manila.

Response to your request

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, we would like to inform you that the National Food Authority only handles rice. 
Prior to the passage of RA 11203 or the Rice Ratification Law, NFA procures palay locally and when the situation warrants due to production gap, NFA imports rice. With the passage of the RTL in 2019, the NFA is now mandated to maintain buffer stocks sourced locally from farmers for distribution during calamities and emergencies. 

Prior to 2019,  the palay procured within the region are milled into rice and are distributed to other regions which are non-production areas or those areas affected by calamities. 

The information/data you are requesting is quite complicated because we have intra and inter regions transfer. We are sorry that we cannot provide  the requested information. 

For further assistance you may review the FAQ section of the eFOI site: https://www.foi.gov.ph/help.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Adm. Judy Carol L. dansal. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
NFA Receiving Officer Central Office
FOI Officer