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Việt Nam faces challenges to maintain rice export growth in 2025.

2024 was the sixth consecutive year that Việt Nam recorded growth in rice exports, however this growth is forecast to be difficult to maintain this year. HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will face many challenges to maintain its rice export growth momentum this year, especially as India resumes its rice exports, according to experts. Việt […]

Why protesting farmers in Punjab want India to withdraw from WTO.

According to the protesting farmers, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), implemented to reduce agricultural subsidies and establish fairer trade systems, is fundamentally biased against developing nations like India. Written by Anju Agnihotri Chaba, Jalandhar As the farmers’ protests at the Punjab and Haryana borders enter the eleventh month, their demands have […]

Govt making efforts to promote rice exports: NA told.

Parliamentary Secretary Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti on Thursday informed the National Assembly that the government was making efforts to promote rice exports and address exporters’ grievances. Responding to a calling attention notice regarding serious disruptions in rice exports from Pakistan to European countries resulting loss to the exchequer he said, “Pakistan holds 11 percent share in […]

Asia rice: Weak rupee, plentiful stocks pin India rates to 18-month low.

Reuters. HANOI, MUMBAI, BANGKOK AND BANGLADESH: Indian rice export prices fell to their lowest level in 18 months this week, pressured by a depreciation in rupee to a record low and ample supplies. Top exporter India’s 5% broken parboiled rice was quoted at $431-$440 per ton, the lowest since July 20, 2023, down from $436-$442 […]

Import of 1 lakh tonnes of rice from India, Pakistan approved.

Staff Correspondent. The cabinet committee on government purchase at a meeting on Thursday approved two separate food ministry proposals to import total one lakh tonnes of rice from India and Pakistan. Presided over by finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka, the meeting approved a proposal from the food ministry to […]

Rules relaxed to import 3 lakh tonnes of rice.

50,000 tonnes of white rice will also be purchased from Pakistan. The government today relaxed a provision of the public procurement rules to speed up the purchase of 3 lakh tonnes of rice through international tenders, as part of an effort to quickly replenish the public food stock and intervene in the market to contain […]