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Vietnamese rice attracts Japanese consumers

Takashi Takanashi, head of the Spice House Co., a company based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, specialising in wholesale imported food for restaurants and retailers, said his company is receiving increasing requests for Vietnamese rice, he said. Tokyo (VNA) – Among imported rice in Japan, Vietnamese rice has been gaining attention from consumers due to its […]

76pc of FY25 rice import target met.

FE REPORT. The government has met 76 per cent of its FY25 rice-import target so far, thanks to the grain’s sourcing from multiple countries, officials said. The two latest consignments totalling 35,000 tonnes arrived at the Chittagong port from India and Vietnam, according to a food ministry announcement. With those, the Directorate General of Food […]

Rangpur farmers exceed Boro rice farming target, eyeing bumper yield.

BSS Farmers are extremely busy tending to their thriving Boro rice plants in all five districts of the region. Enthusiastic farmers are expecting a bumper Boro rice yield after surpassing the fixed farming target in the Rangpur agricultural region during the current Rabi season. Officials and experts from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) stated […]

Rice exports hit by low demand, no price parity.

Indore: Subdued demand amid lack of price parity has dampened spirits of rice exporters pinning elevated hopes on ban revocation on export of 100 per cent broken rice by the Indian government as lower prices by other exporting nations including Vietnam, Thailand and Pakistan has diminished demand. India on March 7 allowed the export of […]

How Japan is trying to solve its rice problem.

Nora Redmond The Japanese government is releasing rice from its emergency reserve for the first time to address a supermarket shortage and soaring prices. Japan’s agriculture ministry held an auction last week in a bid to stabilize the market. It announced on Friday it had selected bidders for almost 142,000 tons of rice from the […]