19 / 10 / 2018
Bangladesh update
The USDA has forecast Bangladeshi milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (May – April) at 34.5 million MTS, representing a 5.79% increase year-on-year. Harvested area and the average...
19 / 10 / 2018
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The USDA has forecast Bangladeshi milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (May – April) at 34.5 million...
26 / 09 / 2018
#Bangladesh: #Rice farmers growing more salt-tolerant varieties in response to climate change https://t.co/6cmL4svPBk
19 / 09 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Climate change has caused #rice production in coastal villages to decline by 69% in 18 years (Fr.) https://t.co/OHzeWs8rTo
29 / 08 / 2018
Bangladesh imports update
The USDA has forecast Bangladeshi imports in the 2018/19 marketing year (May - April) at 600,000 MTS (milled equivalent), down by 83.2% year-on-year. According to local reports, this is due to...
15 / 08 / 2018
Bangladesh update
The USDA has forecast Bangladesh’s milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (May – April) at 34.4 million MTS, up by 5.2% year-on-year. Harvested area is forecast to...
07 / 08 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Agricultural experts call for increased Aus #paddy production
07 / 08 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Agricultural experts call for increased Aus #paddy production https://t.co/Z3766b9iZt
02 / 08 / 2018
Bangladesh production update
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has estimated Bangladesh’s 2018 Boro crop milled rice production at 19.5 million MTS, up by 8.67% year-on-year, according to local reports. Production was...
11 / 07 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Domestic traders, millers and importers blame each other for rising local #rice prices https://t.co/tvgJsgMaPu
05 / 07 / 2018
Trade through Bangladesh’s Hili Land Port disrupted by strike
Trade through Bangladesh’s Hili Land Port has been disrupted as Indian truckers held a strike yesterday, according to reports. Indian truckers demanded that rice imported into Bangladesh be...
03 / 07 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Locally-developed #rice varieties steadily being adopted by farmers https://t.co/AF8qUizBcx
02 / 07 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Government doubles the amount of subsidised #rice for the country's 'poor' https://t.co/m2xdDYENPW
27 / 06 / 2018
Banks in Bangladesh to implement LC margins
Bangladesh’s central bank, Bangladesh Bank (BB), has instructed banks countrywide to implement margins for opening letters of credit (LC) for rice imports, according to reports. In H2 2017,...
27 / 06 / 2018
#Bangladesh Bank aims to discourage #rice imports by fixing a margin for opening letters of credit https://t.co/81si9Ly1WS
25 / 06 / 2018
Bangladesh stocks and domestic prices update
Domestic Bangladeshi paddy prices have begun to rise following the government’s reimplementation of a 28% import tariff for the 2018/19 financial year (July – June), according to local...
19 / 06 / 2018
Domestic #rice prices in #Bangladesh rise by BDT 1 - 2 per kg (US $11.86 - $23.73 PMT) following import tariff incr… https://t.co/M3Zu5pPnUn
13 / 06 / 2018
#Bangladesh: 8,000 MTS of imported #rice are stuck at Hili Land Port following import tariff increase https://t.co/LOf6vSopiZ
12 / 06 / 2018
#Bangladesh imported 3.17 million MTS of milled #rice during July 2017 - February 2018 https://t.co/ilaUwrThF5
08 / 06 / 2018
#LRI Weekly Report Published! #Bangladesh raises its #rice import tariff; #Egypt to import rice; #Thai rice exports https://t.co/m63PsjdmzS
08 / 06 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Increase in #rice import duty too late to for farmers who have sold their crops to middlemen https://t.co/robOViiqID
01 / 06 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Increased planted area this year could push world #rice production to a new record https://t.co/eeiqFSopWp
25 / 05 / 2018
#Bangladesh's Boro #rice crop may exceed target and reach 19.7 million MTS (milled) https://t.co/W6c1JqEDx7
24 / 05 / 2018
Bangladesh planting update
According to reports citing government sources, Bangladesh’s 2018 Boro crop milled rice production is expected to reach 19.7 million MTS, exceeding the target of 19 million MTS and...
23 / 05 / 2018
#Vietnamese #rice exports to #Bangladesh, #Turkey and #Iraq increase both in volume and value https://t.co/qKsQNswsz9
21 / 05 / 2018
#Bangladesh #Rice Research Institute's Hybrid Rice Division suffering from a lack of staff https://t.co/cb4KP2oGug
15 / 05 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Heavy rain floods 500ha of #paddy fields in Ghatail https://t.co/lE4BHfgMbo
01 / 05 / 2018
Bangladesh local price update
Domestic rice prices have decreased in Bangladesh as imports and Boro crop rice begin to arrive on to the market, according to local reports. The price of white rice has decreased by 1.54% in the...
25 / 04 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Farmers in Sunamganj are asked to harvest their #paddy crops as soon as possible due to rising water l… https://t.co/oG4NgPjTte