EQS Group HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2025 – DFI Retail Group (DFI or the Group), a leading Asian retailer with diverse business formats, has launched a low-carbon rice cultivation pilot programme in 2024 in Thailand. This initiative aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the rice industry. By […]
Traders say quality-first approach helped exports; aim for annual exports to surpass 773,000 tonnes. SHAHRAM HAQ LAHORE: Despite global market turbulence and intense competition, Pakistan’s rice sector has emerged as an unlikely success story, defying predictions of a downturn after India lifted its rice export ban in September 2024. Rice exporters and commodities analysts said […]
Source: Xinhua / Editor: huaxia JAKARTA, April 23 (Xinhua) — Indonesia’s National Food Agency (Bapanas) said Tuesday that the country might consider exporting rice once domestic needs are fulfilled. Bapanas Head Arief Prasetyo Adi said that Indonesia could export rice as long as domestic food reserves are sufficient and production is abundant. “If our food […]
Reuters NAKHON PATHOM: Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world’s second-largest exporter of the staple crashed this year after India resumed exports. Now, she’s also fretting over the tariffs unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which could slash demand for Thai rice in its […]
Yasir Wardad Even after the start of a “promising” Boro harvest, the upsurge in rice prices continues in the market, raising concerns among consumers. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), about 10-12 per cent of the total 5.07 million hectares of cultivated land has been harvested, with the haor regions reporting around 50-per […]
By Giselle P. Jordan. THE National Food Authority’s (NFA) rice buffer stocks have reached a five-year high of 7.17 million 50-kilogram bags, the agency said on Tuesday, enough for nine days of national consumption. The agency attributed this to higher palay buying prices, which averaged P27 per kilogram (kg) last year and is currently at […]
Japan. TOKYO: The government may propose increasing duty-free imports of US rice in negotiations over US. tariffs, according to government sources. The United States has said that it would be difficult for it to revise tariffs on imports of automobiles, which is Japan’s top priority. Tokyo hopes to break the deadlock by making a bold […]
Countries face delays and tariffs as Thailand’s rice market struggles to maintain its position. Thailand’s rice exports have taken a significant hit in the first quarter of 2025, plummeting by 30% year-on-year to just 2.1 million tons, as reported by the Thai Rice Exporters Association. This decline, attributed to a combination of delayed purchasing decisions […]
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN Bags of the Calrose variety of rice from the United States, forefront, at a rice store in Saitama Prefecture in 2012 (Asahi Shimbun file photo) The government is considering using increased U.S. rice imports as a bargaining chip in its tariff talks with Washington, a plan certain to face opposition from politicians […]
Dhaka is importing the cereal at cheaper rates and exporting aroma rice to undercut New Delhi’s specialty rice, they argue. By Subramani Ra Mancombu The interim government in Bangladesh has allowed exports of aroma rice after a year-and-a-half, leading to a section of Indian exporters demanding that New Delhi hike it rice shipment prices to […]
