FACTBOX-Philippine rice imports since 2008

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MANILA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The Philippines, the world's
largest rice buyer, is back in the market next month to buy
another 600,000 tonnes of rice to boost supplies after typhoons
hit farmlands.

The state-run National Food Authority is holding the rice
tender on Dec. 1, less than a month after holding a bidding
round to buy 250,000 tonnes of rice on Nov. 4.

Here are tenders held by NFA since December 2007 when it
began securing rice imports for 2008, the year when the
Philippines purchased a record 2.3 million tonnes, helping send
grain prices to record levels.
DATE OF TENDER QUANTITY AWARDED SPECS PRICE (C&F) ORIGIN

(in tonnes)
December 2007 410,701.50 25% $409.52
Vietnam

12,000 25%
Thailand
January 2008 300,000 25% $474.41
Vietnam

162,750 25%
Thailand
March 2008 10,000 25% $708.04
Pakistan

125,500 25%
Thailand

160,000 25%
Vietnam

12,500 15% $738.00
Vietnam

15,000 5% $729.90
Thailand

12,500 5% $708.04
Vietnam

2,500 25%
Pakistan

3,000 25%
Thailand

11,250 25%
Vietnam

28,750 25%
Th/Vn/Pk

3,125 15% $738.00
Th/Vn/Pk

3,125 5% $729.90
Th/Vn/Pk
April 2008 25,000 25% $1,135.83
Pakistan

193,875 25%
Thailand

70,000 25%
Vietnam

35,000 5% $1,132.33
Thailand

40,625 25% $1,135.83
Pakistan

35,000 25%
Thailand

5,625 5% $1,132.33
Thailand
June 2008 360,000 25% $940.00
Vietnam

180,000 15%
Vietnam

60,000 5%
Vietnam

72,600 U.S. grade #4
U.S.
July 2009 47,000 25% $487.00
Thailand

18,000 25% $486.28
Thailand

10,000 25% $472.72
Pakistan
Nov 2009 100,000 25% $468.50
Thai/Vietnam

150,000 25% $480.00
Vietnam

NOTE:

The prices for some 2008 purchases were averaged.

Of the total 1.775 million tonnes rice that the Philippines
imported for 2009, 1.5 million tonnes was secured via a
government-to-government arrangement with Vietnam at $549.50 a
tonne, C&F, while private firms brought in the remaining
200,000 tonnes.

The rice volume tendered in November 2009 is scheduled for
arrival between January and April 2010.
(Reporting by Manolo Serapio Jr.; Editing by Clarence
Fernandez)