12 / 12 / 2018
#Bangladesh: 2018 milled #rice production estimated at record 36.2 million MTS https://t.co/RMxrvU8B6s
11 / 12 / 2018
Bangladesh update
The FAO has forecast Bangladeshi 2018 paddy production at 53.6 million MTS, up by 4.46% year-on-year and 3.61% above the five-year average. Harvesting of the 2018 Aman crop (accounting for 40% of...
30 / 11 / 2018
#Bangladesh: #Paddy prices declined by 8% - 10% year-on-year to BDT 650 - 690 per 37kg (US $210 - $222 PMT) https://t.co/9KL82QwuGA
29 / 11 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Collaborative study introduces idea of using microcredit to increase #paddy field yields https://t.co/VkRPNrbkCr
29 / 11 / 2018
#Bangladesh: Collaborative study introduces idea of using microcredit to increase #paddy field yields https://t.co/VkRPNqTJKT
26 / 11 / 2018
#Bangladesh: #Rice farmers and Rice Research Institute petition government to allow formation of trade unions https://t.co/Zlw0ABUqvV
23 / 11 / 2018
Other Countries
According to local reports, the Bangladeshi government is expecting to procure 600,000 MTS of locally produced milled...
19 / 11 / 2018
Bangladesh procurement update
According to local reports, the Bangladeshi government is expecting to procure 600,000 MTS of locally produced milled rice from the Aman (off-season) crop at a price of BDT 36 per kg (US $432.56 PMT)...
19 / 11 / 2018
#Bangladesh: #IRRI expresses concern over slow annual growth of #rice production https://t.co/8fFFAr8FUI
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
Other Countries
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