A 20% export duty on parboiled and milled rice kicks in May 1, 2025, as India aims to secure food stocks and regulate rice trade amid inflation worries. The Ministry of Finance has imposed a 20 per cent export duty on parboiled rice and specific milled rice varieties, with the new rule taking effect from […]
By Bernard Ceasar Susbilla. BACOLOD CITY (PIA) — Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson has confirmed the rollout of the P20 per kilogram rice program in the province. Lacson said that Department of Agriculture (DA) officials iron out the program’s guidelines in selling rice at P20 per kilogram to indigent Filipinos, who are allowed […]
SERDANG: The purchase limit for 10kg of local white rice priced at RM26 has been raised to five bags per transaction from two bags previously. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the relaxation was made to meet current consumer demand and address the needs of targeted groups, particularly poor households. “As […]
BANGKOK: Thai rice exports in the first quarter of 2025 totaled 2.1 million tonnes, a decrease of about 30 per cent. Following this sharp decline, there are plans to revise the 2025 export target downward. Thailand’s rice exports in 2024 reached 9.95 million tonnes, a 13 per cent increase and the highest in six years […]
By Stephanie Sevillano MANILA – The National Food Authority (NFA) on Monday said it will auction off its aging rice stocks to free up warehouse space. The NFA’s aging rice refers to milled rice stocks two months and a day old or above. In a media interview, NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said this would help […]
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia had exported 211,058 tonnes of milled rice in the first quarter of 2025, earning a total revenue of US$160.5 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release on Friday (April 11). Forty-seven companies had shipped the kingdom’s milled rice to 55 countries and regions during the January-March period this […]
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 […]
Favourable weather over past year has helped lift global stockpiles for a second season, and a further flood of the crop is expected from India, which has scrapped long-running export restrictions. By Pratik Parija, Anuradha Raghu and Katarina Höije From the Philippines to Senegal, billions of people are finding it easier to feed their families […]
Star Business Report. Bangladesh received a significant shipment of rice from Pakistan and India yesterday as part of the government’s efforts to boost the country’s public food stocks and contain the prices of the staple in the domestic market. Out of the 50,000 tonnes of rice to be bought under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) […]
Among the key reasons cited were structural issues concerning padi purchase prices, rising rice production costs, and the existing price ceiling for BPT rice. PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (KPKM) to expedite efforts aimed at resolving the ongoing shortage of local white rice (BPT) in […]
