Cambodia exported 387,061 tonnes of rice in 2014, increasing by 2 percent compared to the amount recorded in 2013, said the One Window Service for Rice Export Formality (SOW-REF). According to Kim Savuth, Vice President of the Cambodia Rice Exporters Association (CREA), the slight growth stemmed from the tough competition with other exporters, especially Vietnam […]
Thailand has resumed its position as the world’s No. 1 rice exporter in 2014 with an export volume of over 10 million tonnes. It was followed by India, with 7.5 million tonnes and Vietnam, with 6.2 million tonnes. Thailand’s achievement was attributed to price adjustment to a level that is equal to those of its […]
The Thai Ministry of Commerce is proposing to the Cabinet the selling of stockpiled rice to nations in Africa and the Middle East. According to Commerce Minister General Chatchai Sarikalya, the ministry will propose a set of rice-exporting guidelines to the meeting of the national rice policy committee on December 19. The proposed measures take […]
Cambodia’s second Rice Festival opened in Phnom Penh on November 18 to boost rice production, processing and trade. The three-day event features a display of Cambodia ’s key rice varieties, trade promotion seminars and a programme to evaluate rice quality. With more than 80 percent of the population involving in the agricultural sector, rice production […]
VietNamNet Bridge – The Philippines plans to import 1.7 million tons of rice this year and even more next year, giving Vietnamese exporters a chance to bid on big contracts, the Vietnam New Agency quoted Francis Pangilinan, advisor to President Benigno Aquino, as saying. The Philippines last year said they would begin a self-sufficiency drive […]
The Philippines has shifted away from setting a target date for its plan to be completely self-sufficient in the production of rice, a senior government official said, likely keeping its doors open to imports beyond the current goal of 2016. That will be welcomed by key supplier Vietnam, which is looking to follow up on […]
HCMC – Local firms would be allowed to export rice to their clients at the prices on which the two sides agree, instead of the floor prices set by the Vietnam Food Association (VFA). The Government has told the ministries of industry-trade and agriculture-rural development to consider the impact of pilot removal of the floor […]
The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) is expected to import an additional 100,000 tons of 25% broken rice from Vietnam at a price of US$416 per ton. The director of a big rice export enterprise in the Mekong Delta region told the Daily that the NFA rejected the bids of Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia at […]
The Philippines National Food Authority (NFA) has awarded import rights to 13 traders for an initial volume of 255,348 MT of rice, less than half of the amount approved for private sector purchases this year. Although no details of the price or origin of the rice were released, Gilbert Lauengco, special assistant to the NFA […]
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. […]