by Carla P. Gomez Negros Occidental will not face a rice shortage with the 60-day suspension of rice importation, which begins on September 1, a Department of Agriculture (DA) official said on Thursday, August 7. DA Negros Island Region Director Jose Albert Barrogo said that Negros Occidental is 86 percent rice self-sufficient. The province gets […]
Africa Rice Rice, Liberia’s staple, is a major socio-economic element in the West African coastal country. From everyday dish to the most elegant occasion, rice is part of the menu. This cereal crop, according to reports, makes up nearly half of the calorie intake of adults, and accounts for about 15% of the overall spending […]
Nyein Nyein Myanmar bagged over US$1.129 billion from exporting 2.48 million tonnes of rice and broken rice in the 2024-2025 financial year (1 April–31 March), slightly below the Myanmar Rice Federation’s projected target of 2.5 million tonnes. Myanmar’s rice and broken rice exports reached over 840,000 tonnes in April-July of the current financial year 2025-2026, […]
In a surprising contrast to declining rice exports, Vietnamese companies spent $1 billion importing rice over the past seven months, even as the country’s export revenue from this staple dropped sharply to $2.81 billion. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has just released its July and seven-month report on agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production, trade, […]
Finimize Newsroom What’s going on here? South Korean rice exports to Japan soared to a record 416 metric tons in the first half of 2025 – a 26-fold leap over the previous high – as Japanese rice prices spiked to historic levels. What does this mean? Japan’s passion for rice is legendary, but with supply […]
July’s figure was the softest since October 2019, when inflation stood at 0.6 percent. Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral- Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA – Inflation cooled to below 1 percent in July, marking its weakest pace in nearly six years, as rice prices plunged to a record low and gains in utility costs moderated. The consumer […]
For the first seven months of 2025, Vietnam exported about 5.5 million tonnes of rice, generating 2.81 billion USD — a 3.1% increase in volume but a significant 15.9% decline in value compared to the same period in 2024. Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has outranked Thailand as the world’s second-largest rice exporter in the first […]
Synopsis Good news for Indian rice exporters. A major international market is lifting its four-month rice import ban. This move will significantly boost India’s rice exports. It will also help offset the impact of recent US tariffs. India aims to increase its global rice trade share. The Indian Rice Exporters Federation sees this as a […]
India launched a new collaborative initiative with the support of the UN World Food Programme to strengthen Rice Fortification and Supply Chain Management in Nepal. This initiative is part of India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative launched on 1st August 2025 by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in New Delhi. The project in Nepal […]
Yudhvir Rana Amritsar: US President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on all things Indian has dealt a double blow to Indian basmati exporters. Not only does it give Pakistan basmati a 6% tariff advantage, but it also comes at a time when the India-UK Free Trade Agreement talks offered no relief for basmati. US tariff on […]
