National Food Authority(NFA)

November 13, 2018 Dear Ern Lois Nicole Bugayong, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 29, 2018 10:13:22 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Rice Statistics. Response to Request We apologized for the delay because we were able to access our e-FOI portal just recently. Should you still need the data, we are attaching the ff: 1. Beginning and ending stock inventory 2. Rice importation 3. NFA palay procurement 4. NFA rice distribution As to your request for the farm-gate price, you may search the website of Phil. Statistics Authority. Our palay procurement price is P17.00/kg plus P0.70 incentives (P0.20/kg drying fee. P0.20/kg transport fee and P0.30/kg for cooperative incentive fee for those who are members of farmers' organizations). The govt. buying support price of P17.00/kg was made effective since 2008 to present. The govt approved an additional P3.00/kg incentive effective October 12, 2018 including the above mentioned incentives. The additional P3.00/kg was implemented to encourage local farmers to sell their produce to NFA. 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 NFA OIC Administrator Tomas Escarez, 6th floor SRA Bldg. North Avenue, Diliman, Q.C.. 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, Asst. Administrator Yolanda C. Nieves NFA-CO FOI Decision Maker