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.

Global cereal production in 2021 is forecast to reach 2 788 million tonnes, up by 0.7 percent from the year before but below July’s expectations, according to FAO’s new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, also released today.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government has started seizing stocks of sugar and rice from warehouses and will release them on the open market at regulated prices from Thursday as part of

Export prices of Thai hom mali rice are now quoted at $700 per tonne, down from $800-900 per tonne at the beginning of this year.

Arrival of paddy in the mandis of the northern districts of Haryana has begun with harvesting of the early varieties has started.

The new quality specification fixed by the central government for the procurement of paddy has irked rice millers and farmers in Punjab.

The secretary of the Rice Importers Association, Masih Keshavarz said that rice imports have decreased by 80% compared to previous periods, which has led to a shortage of foreign rice in the market.

“Other than rice, which is the biggest product we import from Pakistan, Rwandan importers will be facilitated to import textiles, agriculture machinery, and surgical instruments, among others, from Pakistan,” he added.