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27 / 03 / 2020
#LRI Report Published! #Vietnam's government bans registration of new export contracts, MIT appeals; #Panama purcha… https://t.co/byIcw5e3EZ
27 / 03 / 2020
#India: Telangana government to give 12kg of #rice to each white ration cardholders for free https://t.co/6HXSmD1ufb
27 / 03 / 2020
#Liberia: Government provides US $700,000 as collateral against loans to improve #rice milling https://t.co/GJUKS3X1vh
27 / 03 / 2020
27 March 2020
Thai 5% WR is assessed up to US $495 PMT FOB (+$20 PMT) as lower offers are no longer available amid ongoing export...
27 / 03 / 2020
Philippines local prices update
The average farmgate price of paddy in the Philippines increased by 0.9% week-on-week and declined by 16.5% year-on-year to PHP 16.18 per kg (US $317.22 PMT) during the fifth week of February,...
27 / 03 / 2020
KCCO announces domestic tender
The U.S. Kansas City Commodity Office will hold a domestic tender for 2,010 MTS of long grain milled rice on 7 April. Of this volume, 1,300 MTS will comprise U.S. #5, 20% broken fortified long grain...
27 / 03 / 2020
Rice supply sufficient in the Philippines
According to the head of the Agriculture Ministry cited in local reports, the Philippines has enough rice to cover domestic consumption until June. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority,...
27 / 03 / 2020
South Africa update
The USDA has forecast South Africa’s milled rice imports in the 2020/21 marketing year (May – April) at 1.05 million MTS, up by 0.96% year-on-year. South Africa does not produce rice and imports...
27 / 03 / 2020
Vietnam
The Vietnamese government imposed a ban on the registration of new export contracts earlier this week. Contracts which...
27 / 03 / 2020
South America
Market participants welcomed ADM’s award of 104,000 MTS of paddy in Panama’s 20 March tender. While the volume is...
27 / 03 / 2020
Thailand
The continued weakness of the Thai Baht against the U.S. Dollar gave the long grain market a soft undertone at the...
27 / 03 / 2020
Pakistan
Pakistani market activity slowed as local authorities placed Sindh Province under full lockdown to curb the spread of...
27 / 03 / 2020
Other Countries
Italian rice prices were supported by increased demand as lockdown measures across Europe have resulted in food...
27 / 03 / 2020
Japan's MAFF MA tender results
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has awarded the full 12,000 MTS of U.S. non-glutinous milled medium grain in its 27 March Minimum Access tender. Shipment is required between...
24 / 03 / 2020
Taiwan: TBC makes no awards in tenders
No awards were made in the Taiwan Bank Corporation's (TBC) 23 March tenders for 18,500 MTS of U.S. brown rice and 4,000 MTS of Australian brown rice. This was the second attempt by the TBC to tender...
24 / 03 / 2020
Vietnamese state customs department will not register new export contracts
The LRI understands that the state customs department in Vietnam will not register new export contracts as of 12am local time today (24 March). Exporters will be able to fulfil any contracts that...
23 / 03 / 2020
Panama tender results
The LRI understands that ADM was awarded the full 104,000 MTS of long grain paddy at US $17.95 per cwt ($396 PMT) CIF Panama (Liner Out) in a tender held by private buyers in Panama on 20 March. The...
23 / 03 / 2020
Mauritius’ STC tender awards
Mauritius’ State Trading Corporation (STC) has awarded the full 6,000 MTS of long grain white rice in its 10 February tender. The STC purchased Pakistani rice from K.K. Rice Mills, in addition to...
