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Asia rice:New season supplies rise in India; Vietnam rates drop

Synopsis Indian parboiled rice prices held steady this week due to strong African demand, counteracting pressure from new crop yields. Vietnamese prices fell on strong supplies, while Thai prices edged up slightly due to baht appreciation. The Indian rupee’s record low boosted exporter margins. Prices of parboiled rice exported from India held steady this week […]

Tariff Commission wants 25% regulatory duty on rice bran oil export to ensure adequate supply

Besides, it recommended adding the “condition of approval of the Ministry of Commerce subject to the recommendation of the Commission before exporting all types of rice bran oil” The Trade and Tariff Commission has recently sent letters to the commerce ministry and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) seeking higher regulatory duty on the export […]

Odisha rice mills face storage crisis amidst new paddy procurement season

They have expressed concern about the lack of space to accommodate new paddy stocks from the upcoming procurement cycle. Express News Service JEYPORE: The non-availability of adequate storage space in rice mills has cast uncertainty over the scheduled paddy procurement for the current Kharif season in Koraput district, set to begin on December 11. Millers […]

AP Govt seizes 483 tonnes of PDS rice set for export from Visakhapatnam port.

The State Government had already ordered a probe into the illegal export of rice from Kakinada port after a West-Africa bound cargo ship was seized with 38,000 metric tonnes of rice. By BL Hyderabad Bureau. Andhra Pradesh Food and Civil Supplies Department has seized 483 tonnes of rice meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) from […]

Fall in real prices of rice benefits consumers, hurts farmers

Real prices of rice have fallen in the decade from 2010 to 2020, benefiting consumers but generating lower real incomes for producers, according to a paper presented at an event in Dhaka yesterday. However, real prices of the staple food climbed in the years following the turn of the decade. Real prices are those which […]

Won’t mix trade with politics; will purchase cost-effective rice from India: Food adviser

Apart from India, rice will be imported from Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, and Pakistan as well. Rice imports from several countries, including India, will help address a potential shortage, Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder said today (8 December). “While domestic rice production usually reduces the need for imports, this year’s floods in the eastern region have […]

BARC launches high-yield, climate-resilient varieties of wheat, rice

Developed using radiation-based mutation breeding techniques, these non-GMO crop varieties are set to revolutionise agriculture across. Press Trust of India Mumbai The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, has introduced eight new high-yielding, climate-resilient varieties of wheat, rice and oilseeds, it said on Friday. Developed using radiation-based mutation breeding techniques, these non-GMO crop varieties are […]

Asia rice: Indian export prices fall; Vietnam, Thailand demand muted.

Reuters BENGALURU /MUMBAI/HANOI/BANGKOK/DHAKA: Prices of parboiled rice exported from India fell this week as the rupee depreciated to a record low even as demand for the staple was steady, while Vietnam and Thailand saw muted activity. Top exporter India’s 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted at $444-$450 per metric ton this week, versus last week’s […]

Thailand’s rice export goal for 2025 set at 7.5 million tones

Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce set a rice export target of 7.5 million tonnes for 2025, declining from an estimated 10 million tonnes this year. Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce set a rice export target of 7.5 million tonnes for 2025, declining from an estimated 10 million tonnes this year. Arada Fuangtong, Director-General of […]

Bangladesh to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from India

By Daily Excelsior DHAKA, Dec 4 : Bangladesh is set to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from India, a top official said on Wednesday. The cabinet committee on public purchase approved the proposal during the day, the Finance Adviser of Bangladesh’s Interim Government Salehuddin Ahmed said. The decision comes at a time when diplomatic ties […]