MANILA/HANOI, Nov 27 (Reuters): The Philippines, one of the world's biggest importers of rice, is taking steps to temporarily limit imports of the grain from Vietnam amid a big harvest at home, three rice traders and an agricultural official has confirmed.
The traders said that the Philippines' department of agriculture had suspended issuing sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance for rice shipments from Vietnam.
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