The Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC), the governments trading arm, said it will start negotiations as soon as possible for a government to government (G2G) importation of 300,000 metric tons of rice.
The Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC), the governments trading arm, said it will start negotiations as soon as possible for a government to government (G2G) importation of 300,000 metric tons of rice.
PITC President and CEO Dave Almarinez said his agency is closely coordinating with the Department of Agriculture on the needed rice importation.
Negotiations will start ASAP without any further delay, said Almarinez when asked as to the time table for the rice importation. PITC will take on the rice importation standby authority approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) based on the recommendation by the Department of Agriculture.
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