As many as 400 rice mill owners in Punjab, whose mills have been lying shut for the past 11 years due to their inability to return prescribed rice from substandard paddy variety given to them for milling by the government, have decided to launch an ‘agitation’.

All white rice starts out as brown rice before it is polished. All unpolished rice is nowadays sold under the term brown rice,” nutritionist Bhuvan Rastogi said. There is often a debate around the numerous health benefits of brown rice as compared to the white grained variety. But is one type actually healthier than the other, or it is just a fad?

Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood has sought Prime Minister’s intervention to enhance rice quota allocation to China due to bumper crop, official sources told Business Recorder.

The country’s rice imports in January to November have expanded by more than 25 percent to 2.5 million metric tons (MMT) from 1.98 MMT a year ago, latest Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) data showed.

* India may account for nearly half of global rice exports * Vietnam rates edge up to $415-$420/tonne * New supply not expected until November in Thailand – trader By

India could account for as much as 45% of global rice exports in 2021 as expanded port-handling capacity allows the world’s second largest rice grower after China to ship record volumes to buyers across Africa and Asia.

ATKINS, AR – On Wednesday, Ralston Family Farms announced a 9-metric ton (MT) commercial sale of long grain rice to China that arrived in July, the first U.S. rice shipment

Thailand, the world’s third-biggest rice exporter, is expected to meet its target of shipping 6 million tons overseas this year as supply-boosting rains and a weaker currency make the crop more competitive abroad.

India will likely walk away with the sole right to the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Basmati rice in the European Union (EU) after the deadline for settling the issue with Pakistan expired on September 10, experts have said.

This is the second time that Pakistan has been invited to participate as a special partner country. We were given this honor for 2 years continuously, which is unprecedented in the history of CAEXPO.