24 / 04 / 2019
UAE update
The USDA has forecast the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) rice imports in 2020 at 1 million MTS (milled equivalent), up by 11.1% year-on-year, due to rising consumption and government efforts to...
23 / 04 / 2019
Ivory Coast update
The USDA has forecast the Ivory Coast’s milled rice production in the 2019/20 marketing year (October – September) at 1.4 million MTS, up by 7.36% year-on-year. Both the harvested area and...
23 / 04 / 2019
E.U. update
The USDA has forecast the European Union’s (E.U.) milled rice production in the 2019/20 marketing year (September – August) at 2.01 million MTS, up by 3.71% year-on-year. Paddy production from...
23 / 04 / 2019
China update
The USDA has forecast China’s milled rice production in the 2019/20 marketing year (July – June) at 145 million MTS, up by 0.99% year-on-year. Although harvested area is forecast to decline to 30...
18 / 04 / 2019
Haiti update
The USDA has forecast Haiti’s milled rice production in the 2019/20 marketing year (July – June) at 75,000 MTS, up by 15.4% from 2018/19’s drought-affected production. This assumes a return to...
09 / 04 / 2019
USDA releases its latest WASDE and Crop Production reports
The USDA has lowered its forecast for 2018/19 global rice supply in its latest WASDE report by 400,000 MTS to 663.8 million MTS on account of reduced prospects for global carryover stocks and...
11 / 03 / 2019
E.U. increases brown rice import duty
The European Commission has raised its import duty on non-Basmati brown rice from EUR €30 (US $33.72) PMT to EUR €65 (US $73.09) PMT, effective 1 March.
This is the first change in the import...
08 / 03 / 2019
Japan’s MAFF MA tender results
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has awarded the full 53,128 MTS in its 8 March Minimum Access tender. Please see the table below for more details.
07 / 03 / 2019
AMIS releases Market Monitor update
The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) has released its latest forecast for world supply and demand. AMIS has forecast 2018/19 global milled rice production at 514.9 million MTS, a 1.6%...
18 / 02 / 2019
Philippines: Rice tariffication bill passed into law
The President of the Philippines has signed a bill into law that converts the country’s quantitative restriction on rice imports into tariffs. Under the act, the tariff for rice imported from ASEAN...