Wednesday, December 02, 2015

2nd December,2015 Daily Exclusive ORYZA Rice E-Newsletter by Riceplus Magazine

Italy Approves New Law on Agricultural Biodiversity; More Rice Varieties to Get PDO, PGI Denominations

Dec 01, 2015
The Italian Parliament has approved the institution of a 'National System of Agricultural Biodiversity and Food' on November 30, 2015, according to local sources. It has also approved for the institution of a Protection Fund to support the actions of farmers.
According to the law, the Council for Agricultural Research and analysis of the agrarian economy (CREA) will intervene in the research activities related to agricultural biodiversity and food over the next three years to protect and develop the agricultural sector.
Farmers unions have welcomed the decision. "The recognition of our typical and traditional products related to agriculture Italian territory becomes a real investment in competitiveness," said the Italian Farmers Union Coldiretti.
The decision is expected to protect the locally developed rice varieties. Italy currently has 4,886 traditional foods developed in local regions, including 272 food varieties are Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) specialties. Of these, Riso di Baraggia biellese e vercellese PDO, Vialone Nano PGI, Riso delta del Po PGI are famous rice varieties. The PDO and GPI denominations allow to certify high quality standard in rice farming and milling, thus permitting to get a higher final price.
The new law allows rice produced in many other regions also get PDO and PGI denominations.  

Italy Approves New Law on Agricultural Biodiversity; More Rice Varieties to Get PDO, PGI Denominations

Dec 01, 2015
The Italian Parliament has approved the institution of a 'National System of Agricultural Biodiversity and Food' on November 30, 2015, according to local sources. It has also approved for the institution of a Protection Fund to support the actions of farmers.
According to the law, the Council for Agricultural Research and analysis of the agrarian economy (CREA) will intervene in the research activities related to agricultural biodiversity and food over the next three years to protect and develop the agricultural sector.
Farmers unions have welcomed the decision. "The recognition of our typical and traditional products related to agriculture Italian territory becomes a real investment in competitiveness," said the Italian Farmers Union Coldiretti.
The decision is expected to protect the locally developed rice varieties. Italy currently has 4,886 traditional foods developed in local regions, including 272 food varieties are Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) specialties. Of these, Riso di Baraggia biellese e vercellese PDO, Vialone Nano PGI, Riso delta del Po PGI are famous rice varieties. The PDO and GPI denominations allow to certify high quality standard in rice farming and milling, thus permitting to get a higher final price.
The new law allows rice produced in many other regions also get PDO and PGI denominations.  
 Japan Lowers 2016 Rice Production Target by 1% to 7.43 Million Tons
Dec 01, 2015
Japan's Agriculture Ministry has lowered the country's rice production target in 2016 to around 7.43 million tons from last year's 7.51 million tons in line with the falling consumption demand, according to local sources.
The Ministry has accordingly, reduced individual targets for the country's 47 prefectures, some officials were quoted as saying.
The government has been lowering the rice production target every year since 2010. Currently, the government is encouraging farmers to lower production for human consumption and increase that for feed. Rice production for human consumption fell below the target in 2015, but domestic rice consumption also declined significantly during the year, according to Ministry sources.
Rice utilization for feed in the first eleven months of MY 2014-15 (October - September) reached around 1.068 million tons from around 732,893 tons in MY 2013-14, USDA Post reported in a recent report.

Oryza CBOT Rough Rice Futures Recap - Chicago Rough Rice Futures Remain Under Pressure as Demand Remains Weak

Dec 02, 2015

Chicago rough rice futures for Jan delivery settled 19 cents per cwt (about $4 per ton) lower at $11.715 per cwt (about $258 per ton). The other grains finished the day mostly higher; Soybeans closed about 0.9% higher at $8.8925 per bushel; wheat finished about 0.8% lower at $4.7150 per bushel, and corn finished the day about 0.4% higher at $3.7375 per bushel.
U.S. stocks held higher on Tuesday, the first day of trade for December, as investors eyed data ahead of major central bank news expected later in the week. Stocks came off session highs after the ISM U.S. November Manufacturing PMI came in at 48.6, in contraction territory and below the expected 50.5 read. The print was the worst since June 2009 and the first time the index fell below 50 in three years. Investors also eyed late-morning news that five people were injured when a bomb exploded near an Istanbul metro station Tuesday, according to the district mayor. In other economic news, construction spending rose 1.0% for October, topping estimates of 0.6%. The U.S. Markit PMI for November was 52.8, above the flash read of 52.6 but below the final October print of 54.1.
European stocks came off session highs to close mostly lower, while major Asian indexes closed higher. Japan's Nikkei topped the psychologically key 20,000 level for the first time in three months. China's official manufacturing purchasing managers index showed a slight decline in November to 49.6, while the private Caixin/Markit China manufacturing PMI contracted for the ninth straight month in November at 48.6 but more slowly than in October. In early afternoon trade, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 106 points, or 0.60%, at 17,827. The S&P 500 gained 12 points, or 0.6%, to 2,093, with health care leading all 10 sectors higher. The Nasdaq rose 27 points, or 0.5%, to 5,136. Gold is seen trading about 0.1% higher, crude oil is seen trading nearly about 0.1% higher, and the U.S. dollar is seen trading about 0.4% lower at about  1:00pm Chicago time.Monday, there were 2,450 contracts traded, up from 729 contracts traded on Friday. Open interest – the number of contracts outstanding – on Monday increased by 125 contracts to 12,669.

Thai Government Conducts First Rotten Rice Auction; Two Local Firms Win Bid to Buy 37,413 Tons

Dec 01, 2015
Two private Thai firms won the bid to buy around 37,413 tons of stockpiled rotten rice worth 198 million baht (around $5.53 million) in the first auction conducted by the government of Thailand today, according to local sources.
The Commerce Ministry did not specify when the sale would be approved. "We'll have to see how smoothly this auction goes and then we will see whether we will hold the next one and when," said the Commerce Permanent Secretary.
The government earlier told that it would sell about 2 million tons of rotten rice from stockpiles, for industrial use, in quantities between 1,000 and 6,000 tons.
Thailand holds about 13 million tons of rice stocks accumulated from the previous government's rice pledging scheme, of which about 6 million tons are "below-standard or rotten" and are judged unfit for human consumption, according to a Commerce Ministry statement.
The government of Thailand sold around 4.6 million tons of stockpiled rice raising around 49 billion baht (around $1.4 billion) in the ten auctions conducted since it took over in May 2014.

Vietnam, Pakistan Rice Sellers Alter Some of Their Quotes Today; Other Asian Rice Quotes Remain Unchanged

Dec 01, 2015

Vietnam rice sellers lowered their quotes for jasmine rice by about $10 per ton to around $435 - $445 per ton today. Pakistan rice sellers increased their quotes for 5% and 25% broken rice varieties by about $5 per ton to around $320 - $330 per ton and $295 - $305 per ton respectively. Other Asian rice sellers kept their quotes unchanged from yesterday.
5% Broken Rice
Thailand 5% rice is indicated at around $350 - $360 per ton about $20 per ton discount on Vietnam 5% rice shown at around $370 - $380 per ton. India 5% rice is indicated at around $350 - $360 per ton, about $30 per ton premium on Pakistan 5% rice shown at around $320 - $330 per ton.
25% Broken Rice
Thailand 25% rice is indicated at around $335 - $345 per ton, about $20 per ton discount on Vietnam 25% rice shown at around $355- $365 per ton. India 25% rice is indicated at around $320 - $330 per ton, about $25 per ton premium on Pakistan 25% rice shown at around $295 - $305 per ton.
Parboiled Rice            
Thailand parboiled rice is indicated at around $345 - $350 per ton. India parboiled rice is indicated at around $340 - $350 per ton, about $65 per ton discount to Pakistan parboiled rice last shown at around $405 - $415 per ton.         
100% Broken Rice
Thailand broken rice, A1 Super is indicated at around $325 - $335 per ton, about $5 per ton discount to Vietnam 100% broken rice shown at around $330 - $340 per ton. India's 100% broken rice is shown at around $280 - $290 per ton, on par with Pakistan broken sortexed rice shown at around $280 - $290 per ton.

India Average Wholesale Rice Prices Increase in November 2015 on Concerns of Low Production

Dec 01, 2015
India average wholesale rice prices which declined in October 2015 with the beginning of the kharif (June - December) rice harvest, have increased in November on concerns of lower output due to El Nino-induced below-average monsoon rains in many rice growing areas.
Average monthly wholesale rice prices in India increased to around Rs.2,614.61 per quintal in November 2015, up about 1% from around Rs.2,588.89 per quintal in October 2015, and down about 6% from their year-ago levels of around Rs.2,779.28 per quintal.
In terms of USD per ton, wholesale rice prices in India stand at around $396 per ton (using current exchange rates) in November 2015, slightly down from around $399 per ton (using historical exchange rates) in October 2015, and down about 12% from around $448 per ton (using historical exchange rates) in November 2014.     
Analysts are expecting India’s average prices to increase if India’s production is dampened by intensifying El Nino weather pattern, which is likely to cause drought conditions in Asia. The government of India has forecasted the 2015-16 kharif (June - December) rice production at around 90.6 million tons, slightly down from around 90.86 million tons in 2014-15.
Global Rice Quotes
December 2nd, 2015

Long grain white rice - high quality

Thailand 100% B grade          360-370           ↔
Vietnam 5% broken    370-380           ↔
India 5% broken         350-360           ↔
Pakistan 5% broken    320-330           ↔
Myanmar 5% broken   405-415           ↔
Cambodia 5% broken             415-425           ↔
U.S. 4% broken           485-495           ↔
Uruguay 5% broken    535-545           ↔
Argentina 5% broken 530-540           ↔

Long grain white rice - low quality

Thailand 25% broken 335-345           ↔
Vietnam 25% broken 355-365           ↔
Pakistan 25% broken 295-305           ↔
Cambodia 25% broken           400-410           ↔
India 25% broken       320-330           ↔
U.S. 15% broken         515-525           ↔

Long grain parboiled rice

Thailand parboiled 100% stxd            345-355           ↔
Pakistan parboiled 5% broken stxd    405-415           ↔
India parboiled 5% broken stxd         340-350           ↔
U.S. parboiled 4% broken       590-610           ↔
Brazil parboiled 5% broken    545-555           ↔
Uruguay parboiled 5% broken            NQ      ↔

Long grain fragrant rice
Thailand Hommali 92%          700-710           ↔
Vietnam Jasmine         435-445           ↔
India basmati 2% broken        NQ      ↔
Pakistan basmati 2% broken   NQ      ↔
Cambodia Phka Mails             830-840           ↔

Brokens

Thailand A1 Super      325-335           ↔
Vietnam 100% broken            330-340           ↔
Pakistan 100% broken stxd    280-290           ↔
Cambodia A1 Super   355-365           ↔
India 100% broken stxd         280-290           ↔
Egypt medium grain brokens NQ      ↔
U.S. pet food 330-340           ↔
Brazil half grain          NQ      ↔
All prices USD per ton, FOB vessel, oryza.com

Oryza U.S. Rough Rice Recap - Prices Dip Amid Weak Demand

Dec 02, 2015

The U.S. cash market was weaker today falling in sympathy with the futures market however most farmers remain unfazed by lower prices, continuing to hold out until they are forced to sell by their banks or to make room for new crop.
Analysts note that there is not much news on the demand front other than the fact the U.S. will need more for prices to improve. Many in the industry are now hopeful that demand from either Venezuela, Colombia, Iran, and Iraq show up after the first of the year when supplies are tighter is South America.
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