As of September 1, 2013 total rice stock inventory was 1.53 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 17.7 percent below last month’s inventory of 1.86 million metric tons but 6.1 percent higher than last year’s record of 1.44 million metric tons.

As of August 1, 2014 the total rice stock inventory was 1.72 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 15.0 percent lower than last month’s inventory of 2.03 million metric tons and 7.4 percent below the 1.86 million metric tons record in August 2013.

The total rice stock inventory as of December 1, 2014 was 3.03 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 2.7 percent higher than last month’s inventory of 2.95 million metric tons and 21.6 percent above the 2.49 million metric tons record in December…

As of February 1, 2015, the total rice stock inventory was 2.35 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 17.3 percent above the 2.00 million metric tons record in February 2014 but 11.7 percent lower than last month’s inventory of 2.66 million…

As of January 1, 2015, the total rice stock inventory was 2.66 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 25.2 percent above the 2.13 million metric tons record in January 2014 (Table 1) but 12.2 percent lower than last month’s inventory of 3.03…

As of September 1, 2014, the total rice stock inventory was 1.49 million metric tons (Figure 1). This was 13.5 percent lower than last month’s inventory of 1.72 million metric tons and 2.7 percent below the 1.53 million metric tons record in…