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 […]
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 […]
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN The storage facility of the government’s stockpiled rice in Saitama Prefecture is shown to the media on Feb. 12, prior to the announcement of the outline of the rice reserve release. (Jin Nishioka) Shoppers may soon get welcome relief for soaring rice prices as the government started the release of its massive […]
In Zambézia, there is a prospect of a good agricultural campaign in the Nicoadala district, with the emphasis on rice, a flagship crop. Nicoadala has 40,000 hectares of a total of nearly 42,000 hectares already ploughed. and expects to produce more than 145,000 tons of rice this year. Nicoadala has around 42,000 small-scale farmers, and […]
FE ONLINE DESK Two ships carrying a total of 35,000 tonnes of rice from India and Vietnam have arrived at Chattogram Port. Through an open tender, a vessel named MV TANAIS DREAM brought 22,500 tonnes of parboiled rice from India, reports UNB. Besides, under the G2G agreement signed on February 3, another vessel, MV HONG […]
Johane M. Filemon, M.S., RDN Reviewed by Dietitian Christa Brown, M.S., RDN, LD As a registered dietitian nutritionist and Haitian American, I’m often asked about which is the better option, brown rice or white rice. The truth is I had trouble with this question myself as I sat in school learning about how to eat […]
Philippine Daily Inquirer. MANILA, Philippines — Rice imports are nearing 600,000 metric tons, helping boost local consumption. According to the Bureau of Plant Industry, 579,055.81 metric tons had arrived as of March 6. The majority of shipments came from Vietnam at 76 percent, or 440,207.42 MT, continuing to be the Philippines’ leading source of incoming […]
The implementation by the Department of Agriculture (DA) of a maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) on imported rice has resulted in a sharp reduction in prices without significantly disrupting the rice industry. Before the DA introduced the MSRP in early February, imported rice with 5 percent broken grains was being retailed at around P64 per […]
In fiscal 2024, rice import applications submitted to the government covered a record high 991 tons as of the end of January. The Japan News. TOKYO – Private imports of overseas rice have been increasing rapidly due to shortages in the domestic market. In fiscal 2024, rice import applications submitted to the government covered a […]
AKIPRESS.COM – The import of Indian rice to Kyrgyzstan increased by 2.5 times in January 2025 compared to January 2024, according the National Statistics Committee. 413.1 tons of rice were imported from India in January. The volume of imports in value terms increased by 2.7 times to $305,100. Indian rice accounted for 45% of the […]
