Tag Archives: rice prices

Russian keen on Vietnamese rice

(VOV) – Rice exports to Russia saw a sudden increase in the 10 months leading up to November, up 2.02 times in volume and nearly 80% in value, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The MARD also reported that in November alone, the country shipped 885,000 tonnes of rice to get […]

Vietnam’s rice shipments could hit 6.8 million tonnes

Rice sacks are loaded onto a truck at a food processing company in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo for illustration) Vietnam’s rice exports are likely to reach 6.8 million tonnes in 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Centre for Informatics and Statistics. The figure was revised from the centre’s previous 6.02 […]

Vietnam’s rice exports up in volume, down in value

Vietnam’s rice exports between January and November saw a year-on-year increase of 3.6 percent in volume, but a 4.9 percent annual decrease in value, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported. Rice exports in the first nine months reached 6.24 million tons, fetching US$2.65 billion in total. The average export price was $426 per […]

Indonesia launches trade, business fair

The ambassador told the press that Indonesia has the highest consumption rate in the world for rice. Some 250 million people in Indonesia eat rice HA NOI (VNS) — Indonesia plans to import one million tonnes of rice from Viet Nam to meet the country’s high demand, according to Indonesian Ambassador to Viet Nam Mayerfas. […]

Encouraging outcomes of Vietnam-Cuba rice production project

A joint project between Vietnam and Cuba on rice production has established 54,000 rice cultivation models with an average yield of 4.36 tonnes of rice per hectare, it was reported at a conference in Havana on December 11. With assistance from the project, Cuba’s Cuban Institute of Grain Research has been able to supply 20 […]

Rice exports may surpass 2015 target

Viet Nam had shipped 5.807 million tonnes of rice as of November this year. — Photo xaluan.com HA NOI (VNS) — Viet Nam’s rice exports are likely to exceed the target set for 2015 by 200,000 tonnes to 300,000 tonnes, hitting around 6.5 million tonnes for the year. A strong end to the year has […]

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Philippines to buy 50,000T of rice to prop up reserves

(VOV) – The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) has announced plans to purchase up to 50,000 metric tons of rice from Vietnam and Thailand, according to NFA Director Renan B Dalisay. The purchases are being made to ensure there are adequate inventories on hand in the event of a natural disaster, said Dalisay. Dalisay toured NFA […]

Rice exports thrive in new year

(VOV) – Rice exports have thrived from early this year as the signed contracts remain effective while import demand is high. Huynh The Nang, president of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) said around 500,000-600,000 tons of rice will be delivered under the futures contracts and 200.000 tons under the commercial contracts that Vietnamese businesses signed […]

Thailand plans to cut rice output in 2016-2017 crop

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand plans to produce about 25 million tonnes of rice in the 2016-2017 crop instead of the normal production output of between 31-32 million tonnes in the last periods, according to the latest report released by the country’s Ministry of Commerce. The decision to cut output is prompted by […]