Prices of commercial rice will likely go down next month because of the arrival of additional rice imports and the start of the harvest season, an official of the National Food Authority (NFA) said on Thursday.

NFA spokesman Rex Estoperez told reporters in an interview that the NFA Council ordered the NFA to increase its market participation to 20 percent from 13 percent last month.

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