The total rice stock inventory as of February 1, 2016 was 2.94 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 25.2 percent above the 2.35 million metric tons level in February 2015 but 8.0 percent lower than last month’s inventory level of 3.20 million…

The total rice stock inventory as of July 1, 2016 was 2.73 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 6.44 percent higher than the 2.57 million metric tons level in July 2015 but 15.51 percent lower than last month’s inventory level of 3.24 million…

As of June 1, 2016, the total rice stock inventory was 3.24 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 7.15 percent higher than the 3.02 million metric tons level in June 2015 but 12.31 percent lower than last month’s inventory level of 3.69 million…

As of March 1, 2016, the total rice stock inventory was 2.67 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 18.0 percent above the 2.27 million metric tons level in March 2015 but 9.1 percent lower than last month’s inventory level of 2.94 million metric…

The total rice stock inventory as of May 1, 2016 was 3.69 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 16.49 percent above the 3.17 million metric tons level in May 2015 and 9.83 percent higher than last month’s inventory level of 3.36 million metric…

The total rice stock inventory as of November 1, 2016 was 3.30 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 6.28 percent higher than the 3.11 million metric tons level in November 2015 and 44.42 percent higher than last month’s inventory level of 2.29…

As of October 1, 2016, the total rice stock inventory was 2.29 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 4.12 percent higher than the 2.20 million metric tons level in October 2015 and 28.77 percent higher than last month’s inventory level of 1.78…

The total rice stock inventory as of September 1, 2016 was 1.78 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 9.19 percent lower than the 1.96 million metric tons level in September 2015 and 15.57 percent lower than last month’s inventory level of 2.10…

The total rice stock inventory as of October 1, 2013 was 1.77 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 15.8 percent higher than last month’s inventory of 1.53 million metric tons but 11.4 percent below last year’s record of 2.00 million metric tons.

Total rice stock as of May 1, 2006 was estimated at 2.42 million metric tons, around 231 thousand m.t. (21.2%) higher than last year’s stock for the same period. It was also higher by 10.5 percent than the preceding month’s level of 2.19 million…