Rice QR negotiations extension seen by Oct.

The government hopes to conclude by October this year the negotiations for the extension of the country’s quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.

DA Assistant Secretary Romeo Recide, co-lead negotiator for the Philippine mission, said that the agency wants to finish negotiations within the next two months in time for the submission of their report to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Committee on Trade and Goods.