By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI, April 16 (Reuters) – India’s wheat stocks in government warehouses surged 57% to a three-year high at the start of the new crop year this month, official data showed, easing supply concerns that drove domestic prices to an all-time peak earlier this year. Higher opening stocks will help […]
Story by Bandar al-Mosalam Riyadh: In a strategic move to diversify its food import sources and stabilize domestic markets, Saudi Arabia is encouraging the private sector to begin importing rice from Cambodia. The initiative, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned, is part of broader government efforts to expand the availability of high-quality rice alongside existing imports from […]
While Japan’s government maintains high tariffs to protect domestic farmers, the 1,00,000-tonne quota for tariff-free rice imports has already been met for the first time in seven years, with additional taxed imports also climbing. By Reuters When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what […]
VOV.VN – The Vietnam Trade Office in the Philippines has forecast that the Philippines’ rice import demand this year will remain high and Vietnam will continue to be its leading rice exporter. According to the trade office, the Philippines has long been a traditional and strategic market for Vietnam’s rice exports, accounting for 80–85% of […]
UNB A vessel named MV PHU THANH carrying 10,000 metric tonnes of rice has arrived at Chattogram Port from India. The rice was brought under open tender contract (Package-8) signed on 2 March, said a press release. Under the agreement, a total of five lakh metric tonnes of rice will be imported from India. So […]
Our Correspondent, Dinajpur Deadline for rice import ends tomorrow. Despite the public holiday on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh, a record volume of rice was imported from India through Dinajpur’s Hili Land Port yesterday as importers rushed to bring in consignments ahead of the government’s April 16 deadline for import. Rice imports through the port […]
Tokyo, April 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry proposed Tuesday that the government expand the minimum access system under which the country imports about 770,000 tons of rice per year at zero tariffs. The ministry made the proposal at a meeting of a subcommittee of the Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance minister, at a […]
ARTICLE BY: Staff Reporter. Record rice imports last year underscore a growing reliance on foreign countries to cover basic food needs in Mozambique. Data from the annual statistical report by the Bank of Mozambique (BdM) – cited by local news website Dossiers & Factos – shows that the country spent US$441 million on rice imports […]
By Jack Harrison, Michigan State University Brown rice has more nutrients but also more arsenic, which may be risky for young children. Nutrition and food safety should both factor into rice choices. Whether you’re picking up rice at the grocery store or ordering it as a side at a restaurant, you might choose brown rice […]
A ship carrying a total of 36,100 metric tons of imported rice from India has arrived at Chattogram Port. The MV FROSSO K, transporting 36,100 metric tons of rice from India through an international open tender has docked at Chattogram port, said a PID press release here today. Necessary measures have been taken to ensure […]
