The total rice stocks inventory as of 01 September 2019 was 1,842.37 thousand metric tons (Figure 1). This was 57.9 percent higher than the 1,167.03 thousand metric tons level in September 2018 and 13.7 percent lower than the previous month's inventory level of 2,133.84 thousand metric tons (Table 1).

The total rice stock inventory as of August 1, 2017 was 2,028.00 thousand metric tons (Figure 1). This was 3.57 percent below the 2,103.16 thousand metric tons level in August 2016 and 13.62 percent lower than the previous month’s inventory level of 2,347.90 thousand metric tons (Table 1).