Rice and Corn Stock Inventory

As of June, 2017

Corn


  •  As of June 1, 2017, the total corn stock inventory was 978.86 thousand metric tons (Figure 2). This was 198.93 percent higher than the previous year’s record of 327.46 thousand metric tons but 37.11 percent below the previous month’s level of 1,556.54 thousand metric tons (Table 2).
  • Corn stocks in all sectors increased compared with their levels the previous year. Stocks in the households grew by 71.30 percent, in commercial warehouses by 222.09 percent, and in NFA depositories by 1,367.05 percent (Table 2).
  • Month-on-month, corn stocks in the households and in commercial warehouses decreased by 10.77 percent and 39.15 percent, respectively. However, stocks in NFA depositories increased by 0.89 percent (Table 2).
  • Around 89.97 percent of this month’s total corn stock inventory were in commercial warehouses, 9.38 percent were with the households, and 0.65 percent in NFA depositories.

Stock Inventory:

Technical Notes

Monthly rice and corn stocks inventory are generated from three sectors, namely: household, commercial, and National Food Authority (NFA). The household stocks are taken from the Palay and Corn Stocks Survey (PCSS1) of the PSA, which covers farming and non-farming households nationwide. The commercial stocks are sourced from registered grains businessmen through the Commercial Stocks Survey (CSS), conducted by the NFA, the results of which are submitted to PSA. NFA stocks are monitored from their warehouses/depositories.