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As inflation eases, Post forecasts food sales growth at five percent in 2025 driven by population growth and rising incomes. Food and beverage manufacturing is expanding, indicating solid growth in the sector, amid higher production costs, particularly for inputs.

FAS Manila forecasts an increase in milled rice production in Marketing Year (MY) 2025/26 compared to the previous MY, due to favorable weather conditions and an increase in government funding for the rice industry.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has approved the lowering of the milling recovery rate (MRR) of palay to rice from 65.4 to 63.0 percent.

Post concurs with the official USDA estimates for wheat. Market Year (MY) 16/17 corn production and area harvested were marginally increased consistent with July-September 2017 estimates....

The growing expansion and increase in sales of food retailers in the Philippines creates opportunities for more exports of U.S. high-value, consumer-oriented food and beverage products.

Davao City is a rapidly growing market in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. As Manila reaches the limits of its growth, markets like Davao and Cebu are expected to become the drivers....

The Philippines continues to be a regional biotechnology leader. Bt eggplant remains poised as the first locally-developed, genetically-engineered (GE) crop to be commercialized....

If properly used, Geographical Indications (GIs) have important potential to add value for agricultural producers, but can also easily be misused to stifle trade in products with common food names.

Local ethanol production is expected to increase through 2018 with import growth not expected to fully offset rising demand.

The Philippines imports virtually all of its dairy products, especially milk powder, as domestic production cannot meet the country’s dairy requirement of 2 million metric tons (MMT) liquid milk....

The Philippines’ rapidly expanding production of processed foods and beverages presents robust opportunities for U.S. exporters of agricultural raw materials and high-value ingredients.

The U.S. continues to be the Philippines’ largest supplier of agricultural products, and the Philippines is its 11th largest global market.