PNA MANILA – The retail prices of rice are expected to decline by as much as PHP5 to PHP7 at the onset of 2025 with the anticipated signing of amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., a lawmaker said on Thursday. Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. said […]
For the first time, Bangladesh has bagged more than 4 crore tonnes of rice in a fiscal year (FY) thanks to increasing yields of the most grown crop, according to official data. Local farmers have been gradually switching to high-yielding and hybrid varieties of the cereal grain, bringing the country’s need for rice imports down […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Damage from successive typhoons and reduced harvested area are expected to bring down production of milled rice in the Philippines, while imports will increase to make up the difference for the country’s staple food grain, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). […]
Despite being the world’s third-largest rice exporter, Vietnam has spent nearly US$1 billion on rice imports in the first nine months of 2024. The increase in rice imports is driven by a shift in rice cultivation trends. According to the General Department of Customs, Việt Nam’s rice import turnover reached US$117 million in September, marking […]
By Thi Ha Vietnam, the third largest rice exporter after Thailand and India, saw its rice imports skyrocket by 57%, hitting nearly $1 billion in the first nine months of this year, establishing a new record. Industry insiders say that as farmers focus on cultivating higher-value rice varieties for export, local companies have ramped up […]
Indonesia, an agrarian country with fertile lands, has a rich history of rice cultivation, making it a significant player in the global rice economy. By Sekarsari Sugihartono Indonesia, an agrarian country with fertile lands, has a rich history of rice cultivation, making it a significant player in the global rice economy. Despite this natural endowment […]
Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News MANILA (UPDATED) — Several rice importers over the weekend pulled out at least 300 containers of rice left abandoned at the Manila International Container Terminal, days after the Department of Agriculture and the Philippine Ports Authority sounded the alarm over possible efforts to hoard rice supplies for a price spike, the […]
UNB . Dhaka The government will import 200,000 metric tonnes of rice and 400,000 metric tonnes of wheat within 15 days. The Advisory Committee on Economic Affairs (ACEA), in a meeting with Finance Advisor of the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair, approved in principle. Normally, suppliers are given 42 days to supply […]
Mushtaq Ghumman ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry is to informally blacklist those Sri Lankan companies that defaulted in payment to Pakistani rice exporters by disallowing allocation of rice quota. This mechanism was shared by Commerce Ministry officials at a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce, which met on Monday with Senator Anusha Rahman in […]
By VNA Rice imports to the Philippines amounted to 2.8 million metric tonnes (MT) during the first 8 months of this year, 19% higher than he same period last year, data from the country’s Department of Agriculture (DA) showed. In its latest report, the department’s Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) said in August alone, rice […]
