RICE STOCK

• The April 1, 2005 national rice stock inventory reached 1.77 million metric tons, up by 21.8 percent from previous month’s level. Households, commercial warehouses and NFA depositories posted increments in stock volumes by 7.9, 29.7 and 65.4 percent, respectively.
• Compared to last year’s total inventory, the present level was lower by 20.3 percent. Stock holdings in all sectors dropped from 18 to 27 percent. Imported rice accounted for 79.0 percent of NFA stocks.
• The current stock inventory is good for 61-day supply with around  34 days stored in the  households,  13 days in the commercial warehouses and 14 days in NFA depositories.

CORN STOCK

• The April 1, 2005 total corn stock inventory of 266.1 thousand metric tons was 2.5 percent below previous month’s level but 19.0 percent higher than that of same period last year.
• Compared to last month’s inventory, the household sector’s holdings increased by 4.3 percent; that for commercial  warehouses  dropped  by 9.5 percent. Stocks in NFA was up by 75.0 percent. From same period last year, households and commercial stocks went up by 2.8 and 42.3 percent, respectively.
• Around 52.5 percent of the current corn stocks were with the households while the 47.0 percent were with the commercial warehouses. NFA reported 1.4 metric tons of corngrain for the period.