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13 / 09 / 2019
Paraguay exports update
Paraguay exported a total of 76,637 MTS in August, up by 1.53% month-on month. White rice comprised 41.5% of this volume, followed by brown rice (35.9%), paddy (11.7%) and broken rice (10.9%)....
13 / 09 / 2019
#LRI Report Published! USDA lowers its forecast for #USA 2019/20 #paddy output to 8.5 mn. MTS, down by 16.5% year-o… https://t.co/aNXvH03eXu
13 / 09 / 2019
#Cuba: New #rice processing facility in Jíbaro received around 5,500 MTS of #paddy in the past year (Sp.) https://t.co/HafQFfcO2p
13 / 09 / 2019
#Argentina: Vessel due to arrive at Concepción del Uruguay Port on 22 September to be loaded with around 14,000 MTS… https://t.co/jKC9ZmJxjh
13 / 09 / 2019
Transport costs between #Myanmar and #China via the Muse border have increased following attacks on a key bridge in… https://t.co/cQxYTLnz8f
13 / 09 / 2019
#India’s economic growth is “much weaker” than expected due to corporate and regulatory uncertainty, according to t… https://t.co/kjFYMQTq97
13 / 09 / 2019
13 September 2019
All Vietnamese WR grades are assessed down by US $5 PMT as slow demand continues to weigh on prices, with 5% and 25% WR...
13 / 09 / 2019
Philippines local prices update
The average farmgate price of paddy in the Philippines decreased by 4.4% week-on-week and by 27.4% year-on-year to PHP 16.68 per kg (US $321.33 PMT) during the fifth week of August, according to the...
13 / 09 / 2019
Thailand
A 0.65% appreciation of the Baht against the U.S. Dollar between 9 – 13 September provided some support to Thai...
13 / 09 / 2019
Vietnam
The Vietnamese fragrant rice market continued to have a soft undertone due to slowing demand from the Philippines amid...
13 / 09 / 2019
Pakistan
The Pakistani market was closed on Monday and Tuesday (9 – 10 September) for a religious holiday and remained quiet...
13 / 09 / 2019
U.S.A.
Downward revisions to U.S. long grain production by the USDA in its latest WASDE and Crop Production reports are...
13 / 09 / 2019
India
The IR 36/64 non-Basmati market had a firm undertone due to a 0.82% appreciation of the Rupee against the U.S. Dollar...
12 / 09 / 2019
12 September 2019
Vietnamese Fragrant 5% is assessed down to US $468 PMT FOB (-$10 PMT) as some participants have begun to sell their...
12 / 09 / 2019
Myanmar exports update
Myanmar exported 459,928 MTS of broken rice (worth US $122.39 million) from 1 October 2018 – 30 August 2019, according to local reports citing the Ministry of Commerce. These exports declined by...
12 / 09 / 2019
USDA releases its latest WASDE and Crop Production reports
The USDA has lowered its forecast for 2019/20 global milled rice production by 3.64 million MTS to 497.9 million MTS in its latest WASDE report. This is primarily due to a 3 million MT downward...
11 / 09 / 2019
Taiwan: No awards made in TBC's 10 September re-tenders
The Taiwan Bank Corporation (TBC) has not made any awards in its two re-tenders for 2,000 MTS of Australian brown rice (or its milled equivalent) and 10,300 MTS of U.S. brown rice (or its milled...
10 / 09 / 2019
Japan's MAFF announces CPTPP SBS tender
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) will hold a Simultaneous-Buy-Sell (SBS) tender on 24 September for a total of 1,000 MTS. The tender is being held due to Japan’s...
10 / 09 / 2019
Taiwan: TBC announces long grain tender
The Taiwan Bank Corporation (TBC) will hold a tender for 12,000 MTS of U.S. long grain brown rice on 8 October, according to government documents. The TBC is understood to be holding the tender on...
09 / 09 / 2019
Taiwan: TBC to hold two re-tenders on 10 September
The Taiwan Bank Corporation (TBC) will hold two re-tenders for 2,000 MTS of Australian brown rice (or its milled equivalent) and 10,300 MTS of U.S. brown rice (or its milled equivalent) on 10...
