Although the Vietnamese rice industry has set itself an ambitious export target for 2021, domestic rice farmers and suppliers remain cautious amid the ongoing health crisis and complications in international trade.

Early variety of Basmati rice, PUSA 1509, has arrived in grain markets of Punjab and farmers are getting comparatively better prices during the opening days as compared to last year when the prices crashed by Rs 600 to Rs 1,000 per quintal.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was told on Friday that a total increase of $30 billion was possible in the current volume of country’s exports. He was informed that in

ISLAMABAD: The prices of food items including sugar and rice went down during the week ending on September 9, as compared to the previous week, the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)

Information gathered around markets yesterday revealed that importers are pointing to the rise in the global price of rice as justification of the need to hike the price of the commodity above US$13.00. However, importers claim that the government has downplayed their request so they are left with no option but to hoard their goods in order to pressurize the government to agree to their demand.

Currency drops to 13-month low of 166.98 to a dollar in inter-bank market

Thailand exported 2.59 million tonnes of rice between January and July this year, down 22% from the same time last year.

The Thai Rice Exporters Association expects the weakening baht to help Thailand meet its target of exporting 6 million tons of rice this year, though it only shipped 2.59 million tons in the first seven months.

The year 2020-21 has seen India’s economy suffer terribly, with its largest ever contraction in GDP of 7.3 percent. However, it has grown by 20.1 percent during the April-June quarter

PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday reviewed his government’s preparations for paddy procurement during the forthcoming Kharif marketing season 2021-22, through videoconferencing from ‘Sankalp’ hall of the CM residence.