Category: Rice

Rice procurement has increased 12 per cent to 11.433 million tonnes (mt) during the first month of the current procurement season (October-September), thanks to Punjab and Haryana. The grain’s purchase […]

According to the Indian government’s estimates, the country’s rice production is set to see a decline in the kharif season this year, mainly attributed to a drop in paddy acreage. […]

The government on Thursday imposed a 20% export duty on non-basmati ‘white’ rice exports which is expected to hit the overall volume of exports in the current fiscal. According to […]

The World Bank’s food security update of August 2022 flagged how global concerns over the likelihood of a rice export ban by India are rising. It noted that ‘exporters, concerned […]

The Bangladesh government has cut the import duty on rice further to 5 percent while liberalizing shipments of the cereal into the country to build the food grain inventory. In […]

The Centre has deferred by an other six months its decision to impose mandatory inspection requirement for pesticide residue for the export of basmati and non-basmati rice to European destinations. […]

Rice importing nations are stiffly resisting any rise in prices despite fears of a possible impact on paddy cultivation this year in Asia due to weather-related problems.  According to exporters, […]

Prices of all varieties of rice have increased by up to 30% since the beginning June, due to higher demand from Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia and also a […]

BANGKOK: A pact between Thailand and Vietnam to raise rice prices would be “impossible”, a top Thai industry official said on Monday, in another sign of opposition to a government-proposed […]