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Traders reluctant to import rice despite tariff cuts

Rice traders in Bangladesh are less interested in importing the grain despite the recent slash in related tariffs as they do not believe there is enough of a profit margin because of high prices on the international market. They added that doing so would have little effect on reducing domestic prices at this time. The […]

With granaries full, India axes export duty on parboiled rice

The removal of the duty reflects the government’s confidence in a better harvest this year, said Vijay Setia, former president of the All-India Rice Exporters Association. Dhirendra Kumar New Delhi: The union government has removed the export duty on parboiled rice, according to a notification issued by the finance ministry late on Tuesday. It also […]

Pakistan’s rice exports surge, earning over $720 million in first quarter

In Sept alone, Pakistan exported 374,000 metric tons of rice, generating $257.2m in foreign exchange. Zaheer Ali Khan Pakistan has witnessed a significant rise in the demand for its rice in international markets, earning over $721.8 million in foreign exchange from rice exports during the first quarter of the current fiscal year. According to official […]

Indian origin supplies permitted in Indonesia’s 340,000 MT rice tender

Traders said an initial announcement from Bulog said the rice could be sourced only from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam or Pakistan. Indonesian state purchasing agency Bulog has told traders that Indian supplies can be offered in its new international tender to buy 340,000 metric tons of rice and the offer deadline is postponed by one day, […]

India, Pakistan arrest farmers for burning crop waste as pollution rises

By: Sakshi Dayal and Ainnie Arif Summary NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – At least 16 farmers have been arrested in India’s northern state of Haryana for illegally burning paddy stubble to clear fields, a practice that stokes air pollution in the region around New Delhi at the onset of winter, authorities said on Tuesday. […]

Protest over low basmati rates

Amritsar: To protest no minimum support price (MSP Amritsar: To protest no minimum support price (MSP) being given for basmati rice, farm activists of Kirti Kisan Union protested outside the farmhouse of Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal in Jadev Kalan village near Amritsar on Monday. Union leader Satbir Singh Sultani informed that the basmati variety […]