Vietnam aims to improve the quality and value of export rice by reducing the proportion of low and medium-grade white rice while increasing the share of aromatic, Japonica, and specialty rice varieties. Can Tho (VNA) – Experts recently gathered at a symposium in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho to discuss measures and new […]
By: Jordeene B. Lagare MANILA, Philippines — The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) is pushing to retain the 15-percent tariff on imported rice, warning that raising duties could drive up retail prices, disrupt local supply and undermine the country’s position in the regional rice market. “Reinstating the 35 percent tariff would likely reverse the consumer […]
By Thanh Thanh, Minh Hue The Vietnamese rice industry is grappling with a dilemma: whether to expand its export markets despite the risk of insufficient domestic supply, or to refrain from expanding, which could lead to price pressure, according to insiders. At a seminar titled “Positioning Vietnamese Rice in the New Era,” organized by the […]
By VNA Prices of rice shipped from Thailand declined to an over three-year low this week due to US President Donald Trump’s move to impose import tariffs and an existing market surplus. Meanwhile, India’s rice export prices neared a two-year low on subdued demand. The US announced to impose a flat 26% tariff on all […]
DINAJPUR, April 7, 2025 (BSS) – A total of 5,447 tonnes of rice were imported from India through the Hili Land Port in Dinajpur on Sunday. A total of 126 trucks carrying the rice entered Bangladesh from India through the Hili land port on Sunday and the amount of rice imports will increase further in […]
DHAKA, April 7, 2025 (BSS) – A vessel named MV MD SEA carrying 12,700 tonnes of Sunned (Atap) rice from Vietnam under the G2G agreement (Package-1) has arrived at Chittagong Port. Under the Government-to-Government (G2G) Agreement, a contract has been made for importing a total of 100,000 tonnes of Atap rice from Vietnam, said a […]
Posted to Maritime Reporter European traders reported on Monday that the state-backed Agro Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation of South Korea has published international tenders for the purchase of about 80,000 tons metric tonnages (tonnages) rice. The deadline for submitting price offers to tenders is April 15, 2019. The tenders are seeking different grades of […]
Local communities say they’re already experiencing harm from the government-backed project, which environmental watchdogs say is the largest current planned deforestation operation in the world. Jakarta: Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to […]
Bayer Rice Carbon Program being implemented in 11 states over past two years. By BL Bengaluru Bureau Bayer is announcing its first tranche of carbon credits from thousands of rice farmers implementing regenerative practices like direct seeded rice (DSR) farming in India. Credits of up to 250,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) are being […]
True to their unholy alliance for market manipulation, the business syndicate of the staple has managed to maintain a soaring artificial price line for long. This is best exemplified by the fact that at a time when the average rice price in international market is 24.6 per cent lower than that of a year ago, […]
