Rice Prices
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Indian Rice Exports Up In Price As Duty Hike Bites, Demand Stays Weak

India’s rice export prices surged this week due to increased duties on rice shipments, while demand in Thailand remained subdued. The 5 per cent broken parboiled variety from India was quoted at USD 550-558 per ton, rising from the previous week’s range of USD 543-550. Earlier in the month, prices had reached a peak of […]

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Global Rice Prices Soar: Geopolitical Tensions, Export Curbs Keep Costs High

The rating agency Icra in a recent report has said that global rice prices are going to remain high amid the fluctuating economic growth across the globe led by geopolitical crisis in the Middle East and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The average price of exported Basmati rice and non-Basmati rice increased by 26 per cent […]

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Govt Makes Rice Stock Disclosure Mandatory, May Set Limits

Rice retailers, wholesalers and processors are asked that beginning next Friday, they disclose their stock holdings, Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary Department of Food and Public, said. The reporting of stocks is irrespective of the category of rice–basmati or non-basmati, parboiled or broken. “To check the prices of rice retailers, wholesalers and processors are advised that the […]

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