UNB News Despite a steady inflow of rice from India, local market prices in Bangladesh have remained persistently high, causing concerns among middle-to-low income consumers, particularly in Khulna. Over the past four months, from 13 November 2024 to 13 March 2025, approximately 1.43 lakh metric tonnes of rice have been imported through the Bhomra land […]
By GMA Integrated News The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking at bringing down the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) of imported rice by another P4 per kilo by the end of the month, should the global prices continue to go down and the Philippine peso appreciates further. According to the DA, Agriculture Secretary Francisco […]
Out of the two consignments of rice, some 26,250 tonnes of rice came from Pakistan while 22,500 tonnes of rice was imported from India. Two rice-laden ships carrying some 48,750 tonnes of Atap and Boiled rice have arrived at Chattogram Port. Out of the two consignments of rice, some 26,250 tonnes of rice came from […]
Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The Tariff Commission (TC) will conduct a public hearing this month to discuss the petition of an industry group seeking to revert the prevailing tariffs on imported rice to higher rates. The TC has issued a notice of public hearing yesterday on the petition filed […]
(Web Desk) – The government has decided to immediately stop the use of methyl bromide for fumigating rice consignments, allowing importing countries to conduct fumigation in accordance with their own standards. This policy shift, expected to benefit Pakistani rice exporters, will help lower export costs and improve competitiveness in global markets. Methyl bromide is a […]
Sukanta Halder Rice prices have been rising for roughly around one and a half years, with both premium and coarse varieties now at historic highs. Prompted by soaring prices and severe flooding in the northeast last August that devastated paddy fields, the interim government approved large-scale rice imports by private entities. But five months after […]
Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas – The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ rice import requirement may increase after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revised a key parameter used by the government in estimating the country’s domestic production and supply of the staple. After three decades, the PSA revised downward its benchmark conversion ratio of palay […]
FE REPORT The government has been able to achieve 70 per cent of its rice and paddy procurement target from domestic sources during the Aman season. As of March 9, the Directorate General of Food (DGoF) has collected 0.53 million tonnes of rice. The deadline for the procurement is March 15. In November, the government […]
AN AGRICULTURE industry association asked the Tariff Commission to restore rice import tariffs to 35% for Southeast Asian grain, while imposing a 50% rate for all other countries of origin. Executive Order No. 62, which reduced the tariffs to 15%, has failed to reduce rice prices, as it had been designed to do, Samahang Industriya […]
This marks the first direct government-to-government (G2G) trade between Bangladesh and Pakistan since independence. Tribune Desk A Pakistani-flagged ship carrying 26,250 metric tons of government-imported rice from Pakistan has docked at Chittagong Port. On Wednesday at 2pm, the vessel named MV CIB anchored at the port’s container terminal, carrying the first shipment of rice to […]
