The country’s total rice stock level stood at 2.76 million metric tons as of December 1, 2002. It was 5.8 percent higher than its year ago level, primarily influenced by the 20.2 percent increase in the government (NFA) stock holdings.

Total rice stock as of February 1, 2003 was estimated at 2.27 million metric tons, around 337 thousand m.t. (12.9%) lower from last year same period stock volume. It is however, 14.1 percent higher than the preceding month’s level of 1.99 million…

The total rice stock inventory as of April 1, 2012 was 2.64 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 31.1 percent more than last month’s level of 2.01 million tons but 14.4 percent lower than the previous year’s record of 3.08 million…

The February 1, 2013 total rice stock inventory was estimated at 2.02 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 19.8 percent lower than the previous month’s record of 2.52 million metric tons and 13.2 percent below last year’s level of 2.33 million…

The December 1, 2012 total rice stock inventory was estimated at 2.61 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 6.2 percent lower than last month’s record of 2.78 million metric tons and 15.6 percent less than last year’s level of 3.10 million metric…

The April 1, 2013 total rice stock inventory was estimated at 2.33 million metric tons (Figure 1). It was 20.1 percent higher than the previous month’s record of 1.94 million metric tons but 11.8 percent lower than the 2012 level of 2.64 million…

The total rice stock inventory as of September 1, 2012 was 1.44 million metric tons (Figure 1). The volume of stocks was 7.4 percent below last month’s level of 1.56 million metric tons and 40.3 percent lower than last year’s record of 2.41 million…

As of November 1, 2011, total rice stock inventory was estimated at 3.21 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 17.2 percent higher than the previous month’s record of 2.74 million metric tons. However, this was lower by 15.3 percent than last…

The May 1, 2012 total rice stock inventory was 2.67 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 1.4 percent higher than the previous month’s record of 2.64 million tons but 21.3 percent less than last year’s level of 3.4 million metric tons. This month…

The March 1, 2012 total rice stock inventory was estimated at 2.01 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 13.7 percent lower than the previous month’s record of 2.33 million tons and 29.5 percent below last year’s level of 2.85 million metric tons…