By News Desk. MUMBAI: India’s rice exports held steady in 2024 despite New Delhi’s export curbs, as record high premium basmati rice shipments offset a decline in overseas sales of non-basmati rice, government and industry officials told Reuters. A steady flow of rice from the world’s biggest exporter should help bring down global rice prices […]
Exporters overcome global trade challenges; Basmati demand drives growth. By News Desk. Pakistan’s rice exports recorded a remarkable 19% growth during the first half of the current fiscal year, despite global trade disruptions and stiff competition from regional players. From July to December 2024, the country exported 3.06 million tons of rice worth $1.87 billion, […]
Shafiqul Islam, Dhaka The middle-class people are accustomed to eating fine rice, mostly miniket and nazirshail varieties, but these two rice varieties are being sold at Tk 80-90 a kg in the capital’s Karwan Bazar. Prices of fine rice rose by Tk 5-8 a kg over the past month. According to the state-run Trading Corporation […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare MANILA, Philippines — The National Food Authority (NFA) is seeking an additional budget of P9 billion this year to cover the additional cost of increasing its buffer stock, as mandated by the amended Rice Tariffication Law. Republic Act No. 12078, the amended RTL signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last December, […]
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rice crisis, where prices have soared and red rice disappeared from shelves due to price controls ahead of the New Year, was due to wrong government data, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said. “The actual problem is that there is no reliable data on the rice requirement of the country, how much is […]
SEOUL – South Koreans’ consumption of rice continued its downward trend, reaching an all-time low in 2024, primarily due to changes in their diet and eating habits, data showed Thursday. Each South Korean consumed 64.4 kilograms of rice on average last year, down 0.3 percent, or 0.2 kilogram, from the previous year, according to the […]
By: Dianne Sampang. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is eyeing the country’s major retail chains to distribute affordable rice nationwide, emphasizing their crucial role in reaching many consumers. A statement on Thursday said that DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. met with representatives of major retail chains on Tuesday to discuss the […]
Reporter : Phak Seangly. Following protests by farmers, authorities have pumped water from the Bati River and Prek Tnaot canal to dry season rice fields across Takeo province’s Bati district. The action, taken on January 21, is intended to save approximately 4,000 hectares of rice fields. Earlier that day, hundreds of farmers used tractors and […]
ISLAMABAD, Jan 21 (APP):Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain on Tuesday informed the Upper House that there are no significant concerns regarding rice exports, and the government was also focusing to increase the export. Speaking in the Senate of Pakistan on a calling attention notice moved by Senator Sarmad Ali, […]
Reuters. The country exports more rice than the combined shipments of the world’s next four largest exporters, including Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and the US. MUMBAI: India’s rice exports held steady in 2024 despite New Delhi’s export curbs, as record high premium basmati rice shipments offset a decline in overseas sales of non-basmati rice, government and […]
