A severe container shortage – triggered by massive congestions at Chinese ports that are either closed or operating at much lower capacity due to Covid-19 restrictions, along with a huge demand for containers in the US and Europe – has been pushing freight to new highs.

LAHORE – The business community has urged the government to control instability of rupee against the US dollar, as the local currency hit an 11-month low at Rs165 against the

Bangladesh Govt wants 349 pvt importers to import 15.92 lakh tonnes of rice by Sept 25

President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed the need for doing research for better seed of various crops especially rice and cotton to increase yield. Addressing the 13th annual awards distribution

Prime Minister Imran Khan directed to put special focus on the production of organic and brown rice

The export price of Vietnam’s 5% broken rice has fallen to US$385 per ton, down US$100 per ton against the same period last year and the lowest since February 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Monrovia — Rice, Liberians’ staple food, might be in short supply soon. Importers are pointing to several factors which they believe if the government fails to intervene would leave them

* India rates recover on improved demand * Vietnamese exporters ask clients to delay delivery – trader * Bangladesh reviews more proposals to import rice – official By Arundhati Sarkar

Commodity prices dropped as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered economies worldwide during the first half of 2020. But one agricultural commodity, rice, had increased demand, according to a new University of

Islamabad : In the past three years, the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities have made the life of a common man very difficult. Not only prices of food items but