00:00In order to lower the price of rice, a group of rice millers, traders, and importers will sell cheaper rice in the nearby market.
00:08At the same time, Customs ordered the opening of several closed rice warehouses in Bulacan.
00:14Bernadette Reyes was there.
00:19The Millers, Traders, and Importers joined in tears, joy, and applause
00:24when the Bureau of Customs announced the opening of several closed rice warehouses in Bulacan.
00:30This was accompanied by an investigation into the high price of rice and the smuggling allegations.
00:36The BOC gave 15 days for the closed rice warehouses to submit documents.
00:42We are looking for proof of payment of duties.
00:44In the meantime, since our country needs cheap supply of rice,
00:50we will open and monitor the output of rice from their warehouses.
00:56In a dialogue earlier between the Millers, Traders, Importers, and the government,
01:00the Millers repeatedly said that the high price of rice did not come from them.
01:06Because our problem is a national problem.
01:09Rice is expensive wherever we go.
01:13Who decides?
01:15Will you tell me, tell us?
01:17Is it the retailer who earns a lot?
01:20I don't know what the cost is of the retailers.
01:24Why do they have a high retail cost?
01:26That's why we will lower the price here.
01:29Because you will look pitiful.
01:31No one will buy from you if it's expensive.
01:33The Department of Agriculture submitted a complete list of wholesalers and retailers
01:38who buy from the Millers to find out who is selling at a high price.
01:43In order to help lower the price of rice,
01:47the Millers, Traders, and Importers will collaborate
01:50to sell cheap rice to nearby markets if the price is high.
01:54According to the Center City Rice Mill Owners and Traders Association,
01:58their rice sales are low to wholesalers and retailers.
02:02That's why they can sell rice to rice markets
02:05at a price of P40 to P45 per kilo
02:08so that the buyers can afford to buy.
02:11Let's do P40 first.
02:13If it's sustainable at P30, P36, P38, we will do it.
02:17We are willing to help the government
02:19so that we can always have low-priced rice
02:22that our citizens can buy.
02:24According to the DA, rice will be sold through the Kaniwa Center
02:28at an earlier time
02:29so that the Christmas season can help.
02:32For GMA Integrated News,
02:34Bernadette Reyes, Nakatuto, 24 Horas.
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