Rice traders hit NFA’s importation of 200K MT

A GROUP of rice traders on Tuesday said they suspect that the National Food Authority (NFA) is using damages caused by Typhoon Glenda as an excuse to import 200,000 metric tons of rice purportedly to beef up its stock.

According to a member of the group, the importation is uncalled for because “not much rice stock was lost to the typhoon even if many areas suffered from Glenda.”