The FAO has estimated 2018 Sri Lankan paddy production at 3.81 million MTS, up by 59.8% year-on-year but 3.01% below the five-year average. Production in 2018 recovered from drought-reduced output in...

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...

The LRI understands that the Philippines’ National Food Authority has confirmed the purchases it made in its 20 November government-to-private tender with the awarded companies. Please see the...

The FAO has estimated 2018 Peruvian paddy production at 3.47 million MTS, up by 14.1% year-on-year and 13.3% above the five-year average due to an increase in planted area and favourable weather...

According to the Philippines' National Food Authority, 90 companies have applied for licences to import rice outside of the Minimum Access Volume Scheme for a total of 575,278 MTS of well milled...

According to Ecuador's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Colombia has agreed to import 44,200 MTS of milled rice from Ecuador between 15 November - 31 December 2018 under the two countries'...

The USDA has forecast Indonesian 2019 milled rice production at 37.3 million MTS, up by 0.81% year-on-year. Harvested area and the average field yield are also both forecast to increase to 12.2...

According to reports, the E.U. member states did not reach a joint decision on whether to re-impose tariffs on rice imports from Cambodia and Myanmar in a vote held yesterday (4 December). As a...

The USDA has lowered its estimate of South Korean milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (November – October) to 3.87 million MTS, down by 2.62% year-on-year. The revised estimate is...

The FAO has estimated Egypt’s 2018 paddy production at 4.9 million MTS, down by 23.2% year-on-year and 20.7% below the five-year average. The decline is due to a contraction in planted area to...

The LRI understands that the Iranian government lifted its annual rice import ban on 28 November. The ban was imposed in September 2018 to support local prices during the harvesting season (August...

According to the Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA), 43,000 MTS of the 47,000 MTS awarded in the NFA’s 18 October government-to-private tender for 250,000 MTS of 25% broken white rice has...

According to the Philippines' National Food Authority, 30 companies have applied for licences to import rice outside of the Minimum Access Volume Scheme. Licences are available for up to 350,000 MTS...

According to data from Conmasur’s latest meeting on 23 November 2018, total 2018/19 supply in Conmasur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) is forecast at 16.1 million MTS...

According to the USDA cited in reports, sub-Saharan African rice imports in the 2018/19 marketing year (October - September) are forecast to total 15.9 million MTS (milled equivalent), up by 6.22%...

The LRI understands that the Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) will hold another government-to-government re-tender on 28 November of the 203,000 MTS of 25% broken white rice not awarded...

The LRI understands that Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities received the following offers for a total of 542,000 MTS in its 12 November tender for an unspecified volume of Grade #2...

The LRI understands that the Philippines' National Food Authority has received the following offers in its 20 November government-to-private tender for a total of 500,000 MTS of 25% broken white...

According to the Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA), Thai Capital Crops’ 18,000 MT award in the NFA’s 18 October government-to-private tender for 250,000 MTS of 25% broken white rice...

According to the Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA), Thai Capital Crops’ 18,000 MT award in the NFA’s 18 October government-to-private tender for 250,000 MTS of 25% broken white rice...

The Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas (AARQ) announced its next tranche of Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) licences to export U.S. rice into the E.U. A total of 9,681 MTS of semi-milled or...

The LRI understands that China’s COFCO has purchased 100,000 MTS of Thai 5% broken white rice at a price of US $430 PMT FOB FCL under the countries' Memorandum of Understanding. Shipment is...

According to local reports, Iran imported 958,000 MTS of milled and semi-milled rice between 21 March – 22 October 2018, a 4.21% year-on-year decrease. These imports are valued at US $985.4 million...

According to local reports citing IRGA, planting in Rio Grande do Sul was 79.6% complete as of 8 November. IRGA revised its forecast for total planted area up by 0.5% to 1.01 million hectares due to...

Brazil’s rice exports between January – October 2018 totalled 1.41 million MTS, up by 98.3% year-on-year, according to IRGA. Exports in October totalled 152,775 MTS (+66.1%). Venezuela imported...

The LRI understands that the E.U. Commission will ask E.U. member states to vote on whether to impose tariffs on long grain rice imports from Cambodia and Myanmar in December; this is to support...

The E.U. Commission has started proceedings to remove Cambodia and Myanmar’s Everything But Arms (EBA) status, which allows both countries to export rice to the E.U. duty free. The Commission has...

According to local reports citing Ecuador's Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Ecuador will export around 64,000 MTS of milled rice to Colombia between 15 November - 31 December 2018. If...

The USDA has forecast South Korea’s milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (November – October) at 3.88 million MTS, down by 2.44% year-on-year. Harvested area is expected to...

The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) did not receive any offers in its 6 November government-to-government tender for a total of 203,000 MTS of 25% broken white rice. Representatives from...

The FAO has forecast China's 2018 paddy production at 206.3 million MTS, a 1.08% year-on-year decrease and 0.24% below the five-year average. Planted area contracted as farmers switched to planting...

The U.S. government reimposed further economic sanctions on Iran yesterday (4 November). U.S. President Trump has cited alleged cyber attacks, ballistic missile tests and support for violent...

Central American imports between January – June 2018 totalled 373,000 MTS, up by 23.5% year-on-year, according to local reports. The imports are valued at US $163 million MTS (+56.7%); of this...

The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) has released guidelines for the private import of up to 350,000 MTS. Each importer will be allowed to purchase up to 20,000 MTS of well milled long...

The Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA) has announced that delivery of the additional 133,500 MTS of rice that will be imported under the Minimum Access Volume Scheme is required by 30...

The USDA has forecast Haitian milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (July – June) at 80,000 MTS, up by 19.4% year-on-year. This is partly due to a 4,000ha expansion in harvested area...

The LRI understands that the Philippines' National Food Authority (NFA) will hold its government-to-government tender for 203,000 MTS of 25% broken white rice on 29 October.
The NFA has brought...

The USDA has forecast Colombian milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (April – March) at 1.64 million MTS, a decrease of 7.87% year-on-year as a result of government policies to...

The USDA has forecast Jordan's 2019 imports at 200,000 MTS (milled equivalent), up by 2.56% year-on-year, to meet an anticipated consumption of 200,000 MTS (+3.63%). Rice is a staple of the local...

The USDA has forecast Australian milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (March – February) at 400,000 MTS, a decrease of 11.9% year-on-year. Harvested area and the average field yield...

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...

The USDA has forecast Turkey’s milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (September – August) at 610,000 MTS. This represents a 17.3% increase year-on-year due to beneficial rainfall...

The USDA has forecast Russian 2019 milled rice production at 630,000 MTS, a 2.33% year-on-year decrease. Both the harvested area and the average field yield are expected to decrease to 185,000ha...

The FAO has estimated Malaysian 2018 paddy production at 2.87 million MTS, up by 1.06% year-on-year and 4.17% above the five-year average. This is a result of a record planted area, with planting...

Kazakhstan's milled rice exports totalled 51,600 MTS between January – July 2018, a decrease of 10% year-on-year, according to local reports. These exports were valued at an estimated US $14.6...

The USDA has forecast Brazilian milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (April 2019 – March 2020) at 8.16 million MTS, down by 0.58% year-on-year. Harvested area and the average field...

The Philippines’ National Food Authority Council has approved the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) proposal to import 350,000 MTS of rice, according to local reports. This volume will be...

According to the Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA), 180,641 MTS of the 250,000 MTS of 25% broken white rice purchased in the NFA’s 22 May government-to-private tender has arrived in the...

Brazil’s rice exports between January – September 2018 totalled 1.25 million MTS, up from 617,317 MTS in 2017, according to IRGA. Exports in September totalled 160,944 MTS, up from 109,450 MTS in...

According to local reports citing the Rice Observatory, the average price of domestic paddy in Madagascar increased by MGA 56 per kg (US $16 PMT) between 10 – 16 September. The prices of...

According to the European Commission, E.U. rice imports in the 2017/18 marketing year (September – August) totalled 1.3 million MTS (milled equivalent, excluding broken rice), up by 3%...

The USDA has forecast China’s milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (July – June) at 141.3 million MTS, a decline of 3.22% year-on-year. Harvested area and the average...

The Costa Rican government imposed an additional 11.67% tariff on brown rice imports exceeding 6,367 MTS on 21 September, according to Conarroz. Brown rice imports totalling 6,367 MTS or less carry...

The USDA has lowered its forecast for Mexican milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (October – September) by 7% to 164,000 MTS, which represents a 10.4% year-on-year decrease....

The USDA has lowered its estimate for the Philippines’ milled rice production in the 2017/18 marketing year (July – June) to 12.24 million MTS, up by 4.7% year-on-year. Production in Q2...

The USDA has forecast Japan’s milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (November – October) at 7.7 million MTS, down by 1.12% year-on-year. Field yields were forecast to be...

The USDA has forecast Egyptian milled rice production in the 2018/19 marketing year (October – September) at 2.8 million MTS, a 34.9% year-on-year decrease. This is due to an anticipated...

According to the Philippines’ National Food Authority (NFA), 245,000 MTS out of a total of 250,000 MTS awarded in the NFA’s 4 May government-to-government tender have arrived in the...

According to local reports citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, white rice imports between January – August decreased by 29% year-on-year to 179,502 MTS. During this period,...