Boonsong's, Poom's petitions in G-to-G rice case
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The Central Administrative Court
has denied petitions by former commerce minister and his deputy for an
injunction halting an administrative order that they pay billions of baht
compensation for losses incurred through alleged bogus rice deals.
The court ruled that the order had not yet been
executed, and therefore an injunction was not applicable. Former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and his then deputy Poom Sarapol applied for a stay of execution on an administrative order signed by the current commerce minister and the commerce permanent secretary.
The order, dated Sept 23, 2016, demands that six people, including Mr Boonsong and Mr Poom, pay a combined total of 20 billion baht in compensation for losses incurred by alleged bogus government-to-government (G-to-G) rice sales under the Yingluck Shinawatra government's rice-pledging scheme.
Mr Boonsong is required to pay 1.77 billion baht and his then deputy Poom Sarapol 2.3 billion baht.
Mr Boonsong and Mr Poom each petitioned the Central Administrative Court, contesting the legality of the order and seeking an injunction. They named Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and three other people as defendants.
The petitions asked the court to order a halt on the execution of the order, pending a final ruling by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on the case against them.
Mr Boonsong and Mr Poom are among 21 defendants being tried on criminal charges by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions for alleged involvement in bogus G-to-G rice sales benefiting some local traders.
The deal involved supposed sales of 6.2 million tonnes of rice which the Yingluck government had accrued from the pledging scheme.
In considering the petitions, the court found that since issuing the order for the six people to pay the compensation, the Commerce Ministry had only sent a notice warning them they must comply within 15 days of receiving the order.
No steps had been taken to execute the order, such as by seizing their assets for auction, and no serious damage had been incurred to date by the petitioners.
The Central Administrative Court, therefore, rejected the petitions of the two former ministers, reasoning that the Commerce Ministry's administrative order for them to pay the compensation had not been executed.
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Vietnam
farmers face another difficult year as confidence falters with industry
analysts particularly pessimistic the country will reach overseas sales of more
than five million metric tons in 2017, the Vietnam Food Association has said.
Speaking
at a recent industry forum in Ho Chi Minh City, Huynh Minh Hue, secretary of
the Association, noted that in 2016 rice exports dropped 25.5% in volume and
20.57% in value year-on-year— tallying in at 4.89 million metric tons to fetch
US$2.12 billion.
There
was an oversupply in the global market for 2016, compounded by the fact that
major importing countries are increasingly relying on domestic production to
supplant imports, which contributed to weak global demand, he noted.
Rice
exports of Vietnam, he said, would most likely face another lacklustre year as
supply outstrips demand and global competition gathers steam.
He
noted the US Department of Agriculture has reported that the global rice output
in 2016/17 is estimated to increase by 1.6% from last year to 480 million
metric tons due to an expansion of the area under cultivation in several
countries including Australia, Myanmar, Brazil, India, Indonesia, North Korea,
Pakistan, Thailand, and the US.
Global
rice exports, he added, are expected to jump by one million metric tons or 2.6%
to 40.6 million metric tons.
In
addition, he said global rice stockpiles have been steadily inching upwards
over the past three years and are expected to reach their highest levels since
the 2001/02 crop in the coming year.
Huynh
The Nang, chair of the Association, in turn pointed out that despite the
obstacles Vietnam exports face, rice farmers and other actors in the industry
have set targets exceeding the volumes achieved last year.
However,
he acknowledged the lofty targets are unlikely to be achieved.
He
suggested the Plant Protection Department and other pertinent governmental
agencies implement measures to improve the food safety of Vietnamese rice to
ensure it satisfies the requirements of the stricter markets.
Mr
Hue subsequently called on the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to
invest in an international standard laboratory in Can Tho aimed at improving
the country’s rice quality, with emphasis on reducing chemical residues.
Mr
Nang said it is imperative that authorities in rice growing regions do more to
ensure farmers comply with food safety standards as well as implement measures
to encourage them to use more certified rice seedlings.
Do
Ha Nam, chair of the Intimex Group JSC – one of the country’s 10 largest rice
exporters – commented that while exports of most types of rice were lower in
2016, exports of Japonica and sticky rice increased by 136.95% and 96.59%,
respectively.
He
recommended government officials work with China to bolster these types of rice
exports.
Most
importantly, he noted that Vietnam rice faces tough competition in terms of
price from Pakistan and India. He suggested more farmers cultivate varieties
like fragrant and sticky rice, to increase overseas sales in the US and EU
markets.
Lastly,
Le Thanh Tung of the Crop Production Department postulated that Vietnam farmers
and exporters have the greatest potential in 2017 to boost exports of sticky,
fragrant, Japonica and other high-quality rice varieties
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/172358/rice-exports-of-vietnam-face-tough-year-ahead.html
Institutions and Solidarity: Wild Rice
Research and the Commodification of Knowledge
Date:
Fri, 04/14/2017 - 12:00pm
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Event Location:
537 Heller Hall
Presented
by Melanie Bowman
Department
of Philosophy
ICGC Global Food Security Fellow
Abstract: In this paper I express pessimism about the ability
of universities and other knowledge-producing institutions to be in genuine
solidarity with food justice and food-sovereignty movements, given the way
these institutions treat knowledge as a commodity. Using a distinction between
worldviews that treat knowledge as a commodity and worldviews that do not, I
examine a particular case concerning attitudes toward knowledge about wild rice
and their role in the struggle to repair the relationship between University of
Minnesota researchers and the Anishinaabe people. The tendency to treat
knowledge as a commodity is hard to avoid within universities and other
knowledge-producing institutions, given entrenched norms that support the colonizing
role these institutions these institutions have historically played. Attention
to the effects of commodifying knowledge ought to be a priority if we are
interested in producing knowledge that supports, rather than harms movements
for liberation, sovereignty, and justice
http://icgc.umn.edu/events/4866/institutions-and-solidarity-wild-rice-research-and
Common method of
cooking rice can leave traces of arsenic in food, scientists warn
Last Updated On 11 February,2017 11:07 am
It is generally believed traces of arsenic are expelled
when the rice is cooked.
(Online) - Millions of people could be putting themselves at
risk by cooking their rice incorrectly, scientists have warned.
Recent experiments show a common method of cooking rice — simply boiling
it in a pan until the water has steamed out — can be insufficient in preventing
exposure to traces of the poison arsenic, which contaminates rice while it is
growing as a result of industrial toxins and pesticides.
The chemical has been linked to a range of health problems
including heart disease, diabetes and cancer, as well as development problems.
While it is generally believed traces of arsenic are expelled
when the rice is cooked, it has now been claimed this only takes place
adequately when the rice is soaked overnight.
Andy Meharg, professor of
biological sciences at Queens University Belfast, testedthree ways of cooking rice for
the BBC programme ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’, to see whether it altered the
levels of arsenic.
In the first method, Professor Meharg used a ratio of two parts
water to one part rice, where the water was “steamed out” during cooking — a
method commonly used. He found this left most of the arsenic present.
The safest method of cooking rice is therefore to soak it overnight,
then wash and rinse it until the water is clear, before draining it well and
boiling in a saucepan, with a ratio of five parts water to one part rice.
According to 2014 research from Channel 4’s Dispatches and the
Institute for Global Food Security, around 58 per cent of rice-based products
in the UK contained high levels of arsenic. However, new legal limits were
introduced last year by the EU in response to safety concerns
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Technology/374649-Common-method-of-cooking-rice-can-leave-traces-of-
Indian
Basmati Hopes Fade Over Fixed Import Price
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Saturday, February 11, 2017
Indian
Basmati Hopes Fade Over Fixed Import Price
Basmati exports market of India
was expecting a good time this year, as Iran had decided to resume rice imports
from the country.
But
the higher price of Basmati rice made the situation hard, as Iran has fixed its
import price at $850 per ton, Indian news portal Commodity Online reported.
Iran
is one of the major importers of Indian Basmati rice, but at present the import
price fixed by Iran is not viable for Indian suppliers due to higher freight
costs. Indian exporters have to fix the price at least $900 per ton for the
trade to be economical, which has made the hopes of Indian exporters fade.
Iran
is one of the largest buyers of Basmati rice in the world. It is now estimated
that India’s Basmati export earnings for the current financial year will be
almost the same as last year, according to the director of Basmati Export
Development Foundation.
Iran
annually imports about 1 million tons of rice to supplement its domestic
production of about 2 million tons and Iran imports about 0.7 million tons of
Basmati rice from India.
India’s
Basmati exports from April-December 2016 were 2.92 million tons, compared to
3.06 million tons in 2015-16 in the same period.
After
touching a record export value of $4.88 billion in 2013-14, basmati export
earnings were on a downtrend over the past three years in India on a decline in
prices and lower purchases by Iran.
A
20-member Indian trade delegation visited Iran from January 28-30 to promote
the export of rice.
According
to Indian newspaper Business Standard, about 250 people participated in the
sales promotion event held at Tehran’s Hotel Espinas. The deliberations helped
dispel the negative image in Iran about possible health risks associated with
the consumption of Indian rice.
The
Iranian government has recently amended tariffs for importing rice by reducing
it from the previous 40% to 26%. It was announced on January 21 that the rate
would stand at 5%, following a series of tariff cuts on a list of agro-food
products.
There
is an all-out ban on rice imports during harvest seasons in Iran. This year the
measure was in place from July 21 to November 21
https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/59313/indian-basmati-hopes-fade-over-fixed-import-price
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Bihar rice is making inroads into South India owing to deficit production in some parts of the region in
recent years. Lower prices, the cultivation of varieties popular in the south
has allowed Bihar rice to access the southern markets.
The dependence on Bihar rice has increased to a level where it
has become crucial for the price stability in places like Hyderabad, according to the local rice
millers.
The fall in rice production in Telangana was so sharp in the
past couple of years that the country's youngest state has become a net importer
(domestic) of food grains — post-bifurcation, next only to Kerala.
More than the Bihar farmer, it was the
rice millers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who were instrumental in
introducing Bihar rice to the people of South India whose only staple food is rice.
The millers started buying paddy from this eastern state essentially to run
their mills, and cater to the demand in local as well as the overseas export markets in the wake of the falling paddy production within the South.
The combined installed capacity of rice
mills in Andhra Pradesh is more than 10 million tonnes per annum. Keeping even
a part of this capacity idle will only increase the burden of operational costs
on the mill owners.
The millers in the South started bringing
paddy stocks from Bihar 2-3 years ago coinciding with the decline in local
paddy production.
"Paddy cultivation under Nagarjuna
Sagar has fallen drastically due to water shortage. Whatever little quantities
of paddy is cultivated locally will come to mills in November and the milling
of entire local produce completes by December. So, the increased cultivation of
paddy in Bihar helped us keep our mills beyond December month "
Miryalaguda Rice Millers Association president Ramesh told Business Standard.
In Telangana, paddy production dropped dramatically from a level
of 6.58 million tonnes in the year 2013-14 to 4.55 million tonnes in 2014-15
and then to 2.93 million tonnes in the year 2015-16. The state civil supplies
department alone requires procuring 4 million tonnes of paddy, which yields
around 2.5 million tonnes of rice for supply under the public distribution
system (PDS) per annum.
Millers also admit that there is a cost
benefit in bringing paddy from Bihar even after taking the transportation costs
into account. As against a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 1,470 (B grade)
and Rs 1,510 (A grade) for the long grain variety (also called 1010), the
landed cost of the same paddy coming from Bihar is about Rs 1,100 to Rs 1,250,
according to sources.
When it comes to medium-grain Samba
Masuri, which is one of the preferred varieties of rice for consumption by
people in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the cost arbitrage no longer
exists between the produce of Bihar and AP or Telangana.
"The cost of Samba Masuri paddy from
Bihar works out to around Rs 2,000, same as that of the local equivalent. But
we are bringing this paddy from Bihar to cater to the local consumption as
there is a severe shortage for BPT(Masuri) in Andhra," V Bhaskara Rao,
vice-president of Andhra Pradesh Rice Millers Association told Business Standard.
Paddy cultivation in Andhra Pradesh was
shrunk in areas where these medium-grain varieties are grown while the
long-grain varieties that are cultivated in districts like East Godavari are
mostly used for PDS scheme besides selling in the parboiled form to Kerala and
Tamil Nadu. According to the AP government statistics, the paddy production in the state has gone down from a
level of 12.68 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 10.41 million tonnes (second
advance estimate) in 2015-16.
Bihar rice is also being exported from
Kakinada port by the millers and traders based in Andhra Pradesh. " We
used to export 2-3 million tonnes of rice every year to overseas markets till last year. As the
international prices remain subdued this year, buying of paddy in the local
market at the current prices for exporting rice to other countries makes no
sense. So the source of whatever little export we are currently doing from
Kakinada port is based on the paddy procured from Bihar," Ambati Rama
Krishna Reddy, a rice exporter, who is also the president of East Godavari Rice
Millers Association said
http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/bihar-paddy-takes-care-of-deficit-production-in-south-india-117021000180_1.html
Climate-ready varieties of rice can help provide
additional resilience to farmers, expert says
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Summary: CHENNAI: The International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has 'climate-ready varieties' of rice that can
help provide additional resilience to the farmers , according to Matthew
Morell, director general of the IRRI, Los Banos in the Philippines. The MSSRF
has set up a Rice Bio Park in Myanmar that will help utilise every part of the
plant", he said. "The world needs collaborative efforts between
institutions in rice research education," he said.Speaking on the
occasion, M S Swaminathan referred to the central government's announcement
that it would double farmers' income in five years. "Apart from
productivity and sustainability small and marginal land holding farmers can
greatly benefit from using every part of rice biomass in farming practices.
"The climate-ready varieties could face adverse conditions of stress such
as salinity, drought, flooding and heat," said Morell, while delivering
the millennium lecture at the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation on
Friday.IRRI has more than 127,000 accessions of wild rice in its gene-bank but
only 5% of them have been used for breeding, he said.Referring to rice as the
'engine of food security', he said it feeds four billion people and supports
over 144 million farm families across the world and will continue to be
important in the future as well.Morell said it was important to focus on
disadvantaged areas where it is a challenge to increase yields and improve
farmers' livelihoods.
CHENNAI:
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) has 'climate-ready varieties'
of rice that can help provide additional resilience to the farmers , according
to Matthew Morell, director general of the IRRI, Los Banos in the
Philippines."The climate-ready varieties could face adverse conditions of
stress such as salinity, drought, flooding and heat," said Morell, while
delivering the millennium lecture at the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation on
Friday.IRRI has more than 127,000 accessions of wild rice in its gene-bank but
only 5% of them have been used for breeding, he said.Referring to rice as the
'engine of food security', he said it feeds four billion people and supports
over 144 million farm families across the world and will continue to be
important in the future as well.Morell said it was important to focus on
disadvantaged areas where it is a challenge to increase yields and improve
farmers' livelihoods. "The world needs collaborative efforts between
institutions in rice research education," he said.Speaking on the occasion,
M S Swaminathan referred to the central government's announcement that it would
double farmers' income in five years."Apart from productivity and
sustainability small and marginal land holding farmers can greatly benefit from
using every part of rice biomass in farming practices. The MSSRF has set up a
Rice Bio Park in Myanmar that will help utilise every part of the plant",
he said..
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Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/climate-ready-varieties-of-rice-can-help-provide-additional-resilience-to-farmers-expert-says/articleshow/57101278.cm
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DELHI: India is
likely to lose out basmati rice exports
toPakistan after
Iran fixed its import price at $850 per tonne, which is not viable for Indian
suppliers due to higher freight cost, reported foreign media.
As
Iran is all set to resume issuance of permits, the Indian exporters
have sought a minimum price of $900 per tonne with some calling for $925.
According
to an Indian
official, it would indirectly benefit Pakistanbecause
of proximity to Iran as transportation cost was higher for India’s exporters.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/185360-India-likely-to-lose-to-Pakistan-in-basmati-rice-exportHow to revive Pakistan-Japan relations
Present Japanese leadership must
realise the unique features of these bilateral ties on the basis of which
diplomats can find out solutions to the on-going frozen political, strategic,
and economic ties
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Pakistan and Japan have been facing
a sorry tale of affairs lately. Their relations are no longer strong compared
to the Indo-Japanese growing ties at the moment. Diplomats at both ends are
puzzled as for how to revive the past ties between the two nations. They are
now interested in the relationship and often argue to stimulate the past
momentum.
They at both ends should know that
they are captivated by the win-win ties of the past when both countries
strongly needed each other. One was a supplier of raw cotton and jute, and the
other as an industrialised nation to with supply technology and credit.
The international environment was
in their favour. Both were lucky to have the United States in their favour to
promote economic ties and geostrategic cohesion during the divide of the Cold
War.
Perhaps it was the sin ofnone.
Nowadays, the relations which thrived in the past, face turbulences and jolts.
Who changed the policy? Are regional factors and bilateral
interestsresponsible? Or is the coming of the new geostrategic balancedrove the
two nations apart. How to improve ties between Pakistan and Japan now, is the
biggest task in Pakistan’s Foreign Office and Japan’s Gaimusho.
It is assumed that several reasons
had changed this relationship by the beginning of the 1990s - once the Soviets
were defeated in Afghanistan in 1989. In the 1980s, it was Japan’s tactical and
strategic move to assist Pakistan because the Soviet advancement in the
warm-water sea via Afghan occupation could have jeopardised Japanese commercial
interests in the Indian Ocean from where it used to import over 78percent of
its oil requirements in 1978, just before the Soviet adventure in Afghanistan.
Earlier, ties between Pakistan and
Japan turned lukewarm in the 1970s for a number of bilateral issues of which
the separation of East Pakistan in 1971 caused much trouble between them
because several of Japanese actions for East Pakistan displeased it including
Japan’s early recognition of Bangladesh. The impact of this crisis on
Pakistan-Japan bilateral relations was crucial, and no Japanese or Pakistani
leader paid a visit to each other countries in the 1970s. Japan also cut off
aid to Pakistan and stopped providing new loans to it.
History of relations between the
two countries in the 1950s and 1960s was rather glorious. They were close
partners in the development. Pakistan fully pleaded the case of a sovereign and
industrialised Japan in all international fora and became the champion for the
cause of the end of theAmerican occupation of Japan.
Among Asian countries that had
signed the San Francisco Treaty, Pakistan loomed largely, whileIndia and many
Asian countries opposed the treaty and much later signed bilateral peace
treaties with Japan. Pakistan was one of the countries that also waived-off
reparations claims for Japanese aggression during wars. All Asian countries
received compensations and reparations from Japan amounting to US$ 1.5 billion,
which was a serious burden on a weak Japanese economy at that time.
In 1952 and 1953, Pakistan donated
rice (basmati kome) to Japan worth 60,000 tonnes to meet food shortage in Japan
after the war. The donation of rice was gifted to His Majesty Showa Emperor
Hirohito and the government and people of Japan. It was the first occasion
after the war that a Japanese flag was raised on theforeign vessel - a Pakistan
salute to Japanese nationalism during its isolation in world’s affairs.
Perhaps most of theJapanese
diplomats do not remember this event. They should consult the Imperial Place
Office’s archives to find out this truth. The Imperial Office contains such
information and photographs of this truth. There are Pakistan-Japan ties. Let’s
try to dig out a missing page in our splendid history.
Moreover, Pakistan offered a track
of 5000 acres of farmland at the Ghulam Mohammad Barrage in Sindh to 4000
Japanese families of farmers who suffered from atomic razes at Hiroshima and
Nagasaki at the end of war in 1945 to rehabilitate them in 1957.No other Asian
country show such a kind gesture.
Even Europe and America did not
showsuch a kind empathy. Therefore, the vitality of Pakistan-Japan relationship was emotionally ingrained in the
cultural realities and cannotbe sidestepped because of the modem developments
and changes.
Another revealing event is the
first exchanges of the high-level visits. Prime Minister Hussain Shaheed
Suharawardy was the first Asian head of Government who paid an official visit
to Japan in 1957 after the war, paving the way for Prime Minister NobusakeKishi
to visit Pakistan and other Asian countries next month. This made Japan’s
return to Asia soured by wars. Is it an event that could be easily forgotten?
India has its own role in relations
with Japan. India is a hugeconsumer market for Japan. Today, Japan supplies
India with nuclear technology and builds its bullet trains. There is a close
geostrategic partnership between the two nations.
This relationship, however, cannot
be replaced by the diplomatic, political, and kind cultural gestures offered by
Pakistani leadership to Japan in the past. Present Japanese leadership must
realise the unique features of these bilateral tieson the basis of which
diplomats can find out solutions to the on-going frozen political, strategic,
and economic ties between Pakistan and Japan and bring it to new heights.
The writer is a Senior Research
Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. He writes on China,
Japan, Koreas, and East Asian affairs.
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State
intervention yields positive rice import trend
FILIPE NAIGULEVU
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Rice production at Dreketi, Macuata in the Northern Division.
Picture: FT ONLINE
Update: 5:19PM THE positive trend and turn-around in Fiji's rice import level
is a result of the various interventions by Government to boost local
production.
Minister for Agriculture Inia Seruiratu highlighted this in
Parliament last week while responding to questions from the Opposition last
week, saying one such initiative was the premium paddy rice offered by Rewa
Rice Ltd, which attracted a lot of rice farmers.
"This is very much critical in the value chain because they
process the paddy that farmers produce," Mr Seruiratu said.
"That price is very attractive to the farmers who now want
to plant more so they can have more in terms of their income.
"The price has to be attractive to the farmers but we are
still discussing this with the farmers because they want the grading system to
be taken around."
Mr Seruiratu added other initiatives included subsidising farm
machineries, which assisted farmers in reducing their production costs.
Fiji's annual rice imports have remained at $40million,
equivalent to 50,000 tonnes of the commodity, during the past few years
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=389070
Currency crisis
in Iran hits India's basmati rice exports
Traders caution
exporters to stay away till currency uncertainty recedes for bilateral trade
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Uncertainty over use of currency for
bilateral trade has impacted India’s basmati rice exports to Iran following hesitation over the use
of the dollar after fresh sanctions
levied by the United States on the Islamic country.
US president Donald Trump levied sanctions on 13 Iranian individuals and 12 entities for their support to that country's administration in connection with the test of a non-nuclear ballistic missile last month. According to trade sources, the Iranian government is reluctant to use the dollar for bilateral trade with friendly countries, including India. Since India has already cleared its oil dues in dollars, Iran lacks rupee-denominated currencies in its foreign currency reserves, casting a cloud uncertainty over India’s basmati rice exports to that country.
US president Donald Trump levied sanctions on 13 Iranian individuals and 12 entities for their support to that country's administration in connection with the test of a non-nuclear ballistic missile last month. According to trade sources, the Iranian government is reluctant to use the dollar for bilateral trade with friendly countries, including India. Since India has already cleared its oil dues in dollars, Iran lacks rupee-denominated currencies in its foreign currency reserves, casting a cloud uncertainty over India’s basmati rice exports to that country.
Trade sources believe that Iran is looking to replace the dollar with the euro. However, nothing has been finalised yet, and till a decision is taken, India’s basmati exports to Iran may not resume. Shipment for old contracts, however, will continue.
“India had a bilateral understanding with Iran for settlement of oil purchases in rupees. In fact, India cleared all dues arising from crude oil purchases in dollars. Hence, rupee reserves (in Iran) have been exhausted. Interestingly, Iran is reluctant to use the dollar for bilateral trade in response to US sanctions on it. The Iranian administration has also not taken any final decision on the use of any alternative currency. Hence, there is uncertainty over India’s basmati rice exports to that country. Until, the dilemma over the use of currency recedes, India’s basmati rice exports to Iran are unlikely to resume,” said Gurnam Arora, Joint Managing Director, Kohinoor Foods Ltd, producer and exporter of Kohinoor brand basmati rice.
Meanwhile, a group of over six to eight importers in Iran has set $850 a tonne as the maximum import price of Indian basmati, which exporters based here find unviable due to a sharp increase in the prices over the past four months. They seek a minimum $925–950 a tonne.
A senior Apeda (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) official said the Iranian government hasn't set any price for Indian basmati.
“The currency issue can be dealt with bilaterally (between buyers and sellers) through use of alternative denominations like euro, yen and rupee. So, our request to exporters is not to sell basmati rice at a loss. They should wait till a clear price signal is received from the market,” a senior industry official said.
Meanwhile, the price of the benchmark basmati rice in the wholesale market near New Delhi jumped by 50 per cent to trade at Rs 72 a kg currently from Rs 48 a kg on October 1, 2016. Indian exporters, therefore, seek a similar increase in realisation from basmati exports to Iran. In the last two tenders, the average realisation works out to $650-700 a tonne.
“Iran’s move to put a cap is a result of a cartel of importers there. However, Iran has also reduced duty on basmati rice to 26 per cent from 40 per cent to ensure that its countrymen get rice at lower cost. Pakistan will derive some advantage from this as their logistic cost is lower due to proximity with Iran,” said Rajiv Tevtiya, Managing Director, RML AgTech, a Mumbai-based agri-technology and advisory firm.
Meanwhile, data compiled by Apeda showed India’s basmati rice exports at 2.9 million tonnes between April–December 2016, 0.1 million tonnes lower than the same period the previous year. Exports, however, are likely to pick up and touch last financial year’s level of 4 million tonnes by March 2017, said an Apeda official.
Of about one million tonnes of annual imports, Iran has purchased nearly 0.5 million tonnes from India between April–December 2016
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Bad news for India’s basmati rice
exports as Iran imposes caps on imports, prices
India’s
basmati rice exports to Iran, a major destination for the long-grained aromatic
rice from the country, is expected to take a big hit after Tehran put upper
limits for import and consumer prices of
the cereal.
Iran had been the largest importer of PUSA 1121 variety
of basmati rice from India; however, in fiscal 2015-16, India’s exports to Iran
almost halved (see chart).
India’s basmati rice exports to
Iran, a major destination for the long-grained aromatic rice from the country,
is expected to take a big hit after Tehran put upper limits for import and
consumer prices of the cereal. While India’s
recent exports of the rice to the West Asian country cost the importer around
$950 per tonne (landed price), the ceiling price imposed is $850 a tonne and
the maximum consumer price set is $ 1.15 a kg. Clearly, realisations of Indian
exporters will diminish under the price caps.
“This is unilateral imposition of a virtual import tariff. Iran
government must realise that prices are decided by demand and
supply… It is unfair to impose such restrictions,” a leading rice exporter told
FE on condition of anonymity.
Iran had been the largest
importer of PUSA 1121 variety of basmati rice from India; however, in fiscal
2015-16, India’s exports to Iran almost halved (see chart).
Sources said Iran is saddled
with excess stocks of basmati rice as FY14 imports of 1.4 million tonnes from
India was not exhausted while merchants continued to contract more imports
in subsequent years. The high
carry-forward stock resulted in shipment to Iran falling to around 900,000
tonnes in the FY15 and further to 700,000 tonnes last fiscal.
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Some exporters FE spoke to say
that with the ceiling prices, it would not be economically viable to export
rice to Iran. Iran consume more than 3 million tonnes of rice annually and a
third of this demand is met by imports.
A 20-member Indian trade
delegation comprising exporters and commerce ministry officials visited Iran
between January 28 and 30 with a view to promoting exports. The delegation
visited various Iranian departments including Food and Drug Organization,
Government Trading Corporation and Trade Promotion Organization, Iran Chamber
of Commerce and Rice Importers Association.
Iran had imposed a ban on rice
imports during harvest season between July and November last year. “Domestic
supply does not suffice to meet demand. We need imports, but imports that are
limited and controlled,” Iran’s agriculture minister Mahmoud Hojjati had stated
in November last year.
Rice shipments to Iran had got
a boost when India launched a rupee settlement mechanism from April 2012 with
Iran to avoid sanctions from the US and EU. As part of the initiative,
state-owned UCO Bank tied up with Iranian lenders — Parsian, Pasargad, Saman
and EN Banks — for settlements of dues. Iran and India also had agreed to have
referral labs in India for testing rice consignments rejected by Tehran because
of presence of pesticide residue
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What's next after weaponised rice
cooker? BY HARIS HUSSAIN - 10 FEBRUARY 2017 @ 10:06 AM Facebook 59 Twitter
Share 59 I used to love flying. But things started getting a bit macabre after
Sept 11. From then on, every time I boarded a flight, the first one hour after
the initial climb-out, I would be preoccupied with a number of “What-if”
scenarios. At least until I settled into another round of Forrest Gump or
Turner and Hooch. My “favourite”, if you can call it that, would be a
catastrophic structural failure of the fuselage that would send me and my
fellow passengers plummeting through 32,000 feet to our collective deaths.
Would I pass out during the freefall? What would be my last thoughts? Would I
be killed instantly or would I suffer the ignominy of bawling like a baby on my
long trip down? With the 9/11 attackers, the passengers had to deal with a
couple of determined individuals armed with box-cutters, which admittedly, the
hijackers used to great effect. But, over the years, the sophistication of
these guys has grown by leaps and bounds, and I constantly marvel at how
they’ve managed to “weaponise” almost anything — from shoes to aerosols to
gels, and now, rice cookers. On Dec 22, 2001, Richard Reid boarded American
Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami wearing a pair of shoes packed with
explosives. He tried to detonate the device, but was subdued by the other
passengers. The aircraft diverted, landed safely at Logan International Airport
in Boston, Massachusetts, and he was immediately arrested. In 2002, ‘The Shoe
Bomber’ pleaded guilty in a United States Federal Court to eight criminal
counts of terrorism, based on his attempt to destroy a commercial aircraft in
flight. He was sentenced to three life terms plus 110 years in prison without parole
and is held in a super maximum security prison in the US. Thanks to Reid,
countless of passengers suffering from foot rot, bunions, ingrown toe nails,
smelly feet or socks riddled with holes, have to suffer humiliation at security
checks. At a security checkpoint in Changi Airport some years ago, a couple of
Silicon Valley-types in front of me were subjected to such a screening. “For
God’s sake, Vinod, take off your shoes… the man wants to see your shoes… SHOW
THE MAN YOUR SHOES…” said the more seasoned, but clearly exasperated traveller
to his visibly confused colleague, while I, who was next in line, spent the
next 10 minutes sitting on my luggage, unlacing my 8-inch, ankle-high boots,
removing them, and then taking out my laptop, and removing the batteries from
said laptop… all because Vinod was slow in showing the man his shoes. And then,
there are the binary liquid explosives, where one liquid, on its own, is
harmless, but when combined with another, had the potential of ruining your
entire day. These days, there’s a 100ml limit for liquids, aerosols and gels
that you can carry on board flights. While in Perth and on the way home after
covering the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014, I was stopped
at the gate by a burly, hairy Aussie wearing an Akubra and a day-glo safety
vest. Next to him was a huge bin. “Sorry mate… can’t bring that in,” he said
quietly, nodding at the water bottle I was holding. I have a strong liking for
ice water and had spent my last night in Perth making sure that the 600ml
bottle was filled to the gills, and then tucked it in nice and snug inside the
freezer so that I would have something cold to lug around while waiting for my
flight the next day. I had had it just right by the time I reached the airport.
Half frozen, with the rest of the water swirling around that little, pointy
iceberg in the plastic container. I wasn’t in a hurry to let it go. “Sorry.
Rules. You can either dump it, or chug it,” he continued, sensing my
hesitation. I chugged valiantly for a while, but decided to cut my losses as
the spectre of a urinary tract infection loomed. Recently, Dian Yulia Novi, 27,
came under the media spotlight after she was arrested, along with her husband
of three months, for plotting to mount a “nefarious attack” with a “weaponised
rice cooker” at Jakarta’s State Palace during the changing of the guard
ceremony. A weaponised rice cooker… I would presume that the four pots of
Basmati rice would be substituted with nails, ball bearings and flechettes so
as to inflict maximum damage, since grains of rice, even those travelling at
3,200 feet per second, would hardly do the job. Visions of everyday household
appliances — the toaster, stand fans and vacuum cleaners strapped with high
explosives — abound. I’m just waiting for the day someone finds a way of
weaponising a hairy, sun-dried tangerine. Speaking of a hairy, sun-dried
tangerine, Donald Trump’s ascension to the highest office in the US has been
nothing short of a godsend for the writers of the longest-running variety show,
Saturday Night Live. It was reported that SNL is enjoying its highest ratings
in over 20 years, thanks probably in no small part to Trump and his staff. Alec
Baldwin’s impression of Trump has been a firm favourite ever since the first
skit aired on Oct 1, 2016, soon after Trump’s first presidential debate with
Hillary Clinton. But, on Feb 4, Melissa McCarthy upped the ante with her
rip-snorting guest appearance on SNL. She tore into the gum-chewing,
“circular-using of the word” White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a skit
about the administration’s contentious, love-hate relationship with the media.
Newsweek says McCarthy’s eight-minute long turn as Spicer was one of the best
SNL sketches in years. All Spicer could say about the skit was that her impression
needed a little work and that, “I think Melissa McCarthy needs to slow down on
the gum chewing. Way too many pieces in there”. Trump’s reaction? According to
a piece by Politico, he was reportedly “rattled” that a woman played Spicer on
SNL. Yep. The next four years are going to be “Yuge”… This Kajai award winner’s
passion is fast jets and flying. When he’s not doing slow speed, high-alpha
passes and four-point rolls, NST’s associate editor of production enjoys
zooming around in mountain passes and hitting the twisties with the top down
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Rice
Gets Full Coverage at Southwest Ag Issues Summit
FORT WORTH, TX -- Earlier this week, USA Rice participated at
the Southwest Ag Issues Summit, hosted by the Southwest Council of Agribusiness
and the Texas Ag Forum, where farm policy leaders from across the country with
an interest in Texas agriculture came together to discuss the 2014 Farm Bill,
the upcoming 2018 Farm Bill, and the ever-changing landscape of Texas and
national politics. House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX),
Representatives Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Filemon Vela (D-TX), and Senator Ted
Cruz (R-TX) were there talking about the important role agriculture plays in
the U.S. and state economies.
Ben Mosely, USA Rice vice president of government affairs, participated on a panel of veteran Congressional staff talking about what it will take to pass the 2018 Farm Bill. Other panelists from national grower organizations representing corn, sugar beet, wheat, sorghum, and cotton, joined in the discussion.
Mosely shared frank advice with the audience: "It's important for commodity and other farm groups to come together ahead of Farm Bill negotiations. Reaching consensus will be a challenge but we'd all be better off if we have a united front going in to the Farm Bill. At the same time, I believe that it's equally important to stay in your own lane and really focus on what's best for your organization without getting caught up in someone else's priorities or the type of safety net that works or doesn't work for them."
"We shouldn't get ahead of our Congressional leaders who have to carry the Farm Bill through the legislative process," Mosely cautioned. "We have to free them up to navigate their respective chambers and avoid boxing in the [House and Senate] Ag Committee Chairs, with regard to splitting the nutrition title or ways to handle other legislative approaches. It's best to trust that they can maneuver through the legislative process without a truckload of backseat drivers from industry."
Blake Gerard, Missouri rice farmer and chairman of the USA Rice Farmers, participated on a grower panel with other commodity representatives and was quick to mention the importance of a strong farm safety net for the viability of rice farmers. "Rice is a unique crop in terms of the world market, we have a really volatile price and those fluctuations make it hard to plan for the future, especially since our input costs are higher than most other commodities and the investment in irrigation-related infrastructure just adds to that expense. If we don't have the certainty that we'll at least be able to recoup our cost of production, we cannot stay in business."
Gerard added, "Rice is approaching the next Farm Bill with a vested interest in a lot of different policies so it's important that we're evaluating what we have and building upon that. Everything from commodity programs, conservation programs, crop insurance, and food aid, all play a big part in the viability of our complex market. We're looking forward to working with the rest of the commodity and agriculture organizations to ensure this legislation provides the certainty we rely on."
Another rice industry rep on the Summit program was Linda Raun, Texas rice farmer and chairman of the Texas Ag Forum and Texas Rice Producers Legislative Group. Raun helped coordinate the landmark event, and in addition to organizational responsibilities, she served as the emcee for Monday's lunch session and provided closing remarks for the Summit.
Dr. Joe Outlaw, co-director of Texas A&M's Agricultural and Food Policy Center joined Raun in planning and participating in the two-day event, and said, "One of the most interesting parts of this entire meeting for me is how commodity groups sat side by side and said that they're going to work together. The reality is this: they're going to try to, but it's all going to come down to money."
Ben Mosely, USA Rice vice president of government affairs, participated on a panel of veteran Congressional staff talking about what it will take to pass the 2018 Farm Bill. Other panelists from national grower organizations representing corn, sugar beet, wheat, sorghum, and cotton, joined in the discussion.
Mosely shared frank advice with the audience: "It's important for commodity and other farm groups to come together ahead of Farm Bill negotiations. Reaching consensus will be a challenge but we'd all be better off if we have a united front going in to the Farm Bill. At the same time, I believe that it's equally important to stay in your own lane and really focus on what's best for your organization without getting caught up in someone else's priorities or the type of safety net that works or doesn't work for them."
"We shouldn't get ahead of our Congressional leaders who have to carry the Farm Bill through the legislative process," Mosely cautioned. "We have to free them up to navigate their respective chambers and avoid boxing in the [House and Senate] Ag Committee Chairs, with regard to splitting the nutrition title or ways to handle other legislative approaches. It's best to trust that they can maneuver through the legislative process without a truckload of backseat drivers from industry."
Blake Gerard, Missouri rice farmer and chairman of the USA Rice Farmers, participated on a grower panel with other commodity representatives and was quick to mention the importance of a strong farm safety net for the viability of rice farmers. "Rice is a unique crop in terms of the world market, we have a really volatile price and those fluctuations make it hard to plan for the future, especially since our input costs are higher than most other commodities and the investment in irrigation-related infrastructure just adds to that expense. If we don't have the certainty that we'll at least be able to recoup our cost of production, we cannot stay in business."
Gerard added, "Rice is approaching the next Farm Bill with a vested interest in a lot of different policies so it's important that we're evaluating what we have and building upon that. Everything from commodity programs, conservation programs, crop insurance, and food aid, all play a big part in the viability of our complex market. We're looking forward to working with the rest of the commodity and agriculture organizations to ensure this legislation provides the certainty we rely on."
Another rice industry rep on the Summit program was Linda Raun, Texas rice farmer and chairman of the Texas Ag Forum and Texas Rice Producers Legislative Group. Raun helped coordinate the landmark event, and in addition to organizational responsibilities, she served as the emcee for Monday's lunch session and provided closing remarks for the Summit.
Dr. Joe Outlaw, co-director of Texas A&M's Agricultural and Food Policy Center joined Raun in planning and participating in the two-day event, and said, "One of the most interesting parts of this entire meeting for me is how commodity groups sat side by side and said that they're going to work together. The reality is this: they're going to try to, but it's all going to come down to money."
Rice industry
leader has mixed views of new government policies
Courtesy:
MGN
Posted: Thu 10:39 AM, Feb 09, 2017
JENNINGS, La. (KNOE 8 News) – The effects of the Trump administration’s policies pose a mixed
bag of possibilities for American rice, a USA Rice official said at the recent
annual joint meeting of the Louisiana Rice Council and Louisiana Rice Growers.
About 250 people attended the event. Gov. John Bel Edwards was
scheduled to speak at the meeting, but he canceled to inspect tornado damage in
southeast Louisiana.
Betsy Ward, USA Rice president, said President Trump’s
nomination of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is a plus for Southern
agriculture, and he favors a strong U.S. export market.
“I think this is a good appointment for us,” she said.
But she said Trump is opposed to NAFTA, which has been favorable
to strengthening the Mexican market for U.S. rice. “It’s been a huge success
story for us,” Ward said
Mexico, where 88 percent of the rice is from the U.S., is the
No. 1 market for American rice. But with Trump’s cancellation of the Trans
Pacific Partnership, Mexico is looking at pursuing individual trade agreements
with Pacific Rim countries, she said.
Currently, Mexico imposes a 20 percent tariff on Vietnamese rice, but Mexico’s attitude toward the U.S. has chilled.
“They could turn around and drop the tariffs tomorrow in retaliation,” she
said.
Progress made with Cuba by the previous administration could be
at risk now. “I think we’re taking a big pause,” Ward said.
The appointment of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental
Protection Agency is a plus for agriculture, with the expectation that he will
roll back harmful regulations, she said.
Mike Strain, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
commissioner, said Cuba will buy $180 million of Vietnamese rice this year. “We
could have rice there in two days,” he said.
Strain praised rice farmers for investing their check-off money
for research and promotion, and he said the entire state benefits when the rice
industry is doing well.
Michael Klein, USA Rice vice president for marketing and
communications, said rice has been receiving positive publicity with a video by
the restaurant chain P.F. Chang, and a Cooking Channel program by Chef Sara
Moulton, who featured rice farmer Randy Thibodeaux. “Rice has a great story to
tell about sustainability,” he said.
Bill Richardson, LSU vice president for agriculture, said
negotiations are progressing well with BASF for an agreement on the new rice
technology, Provisia, being developed at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice
Research Station. “I think we’re going to see things move in that area to help
your industry,” he said
http://www.knoe.com/content/news/Rice-industry-leader-has-mixed-views-of-new-government-policies-413298733.html
We have to tell our story’ say sustainable
rice panel members
Arkansas
rice farmers wrap up panel discussion on potential role of carbon credits in
sustainable rice production.
The world has changed for American farmers. Rather than just growing,
harvesting and selling their crops the way they’ve always done, they now have
to be proactive and open to new concepts such as carbon credits.
That was the message producers
Mark Isbell, Jim Whitaker and Mike Sullivan gave moderator Harrison Pittman
when he asked them to tie such innovative new ideas as carbon credits into the
next farm bill.
Pittman, director of the National
Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas, was the moderator of a
panel on carbon credits at the annual meeting of the Arkansas Rice Council and
Arkansas Rice Federation in Stuttgart. Isbell, Whitaker and Sullivan are all
participating in an effort to make carbon credits a viable option in rice.
Indonesia
plans to export rice
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Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Indonesia plans to export rice,
after national production reached 79.17 million tons in 2016, which is above
the target set at 72 million tons.
"We already have a rice surplus and so we plan to export it. We are still studying it, and destination countries are already available for export. We will inform about it later," agriculture minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said here on Thursday.
He said Indonesia has already exported organic rice to five countries, including Belgium.
"So, there will be exports of common rice. We have to just wait," he added
He noted that Indonesia actually gained Rp10 trillion in 2016 by not importing rice during the period.
He stated that with national production increasing to 79.17 million tons and selling price of unhulled rice at around Rp4 thousand per kilogram, farmers income could rise to Rp51.36 trillion.(*)
"We already have a rice surplus and so we plan to export it. We are still studying it, and destination countries are already available for export. We will inform about it later," agriculture minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said here on Thursday.
He said Indonesia has already exported organic rice to five countries, including Belgium.
"So, there will be exports of common rice. We have to just wait," he added
He noted that Indonesia actually gained Rp10 trillion in 2016 by not importing rice during the period.
He stated that with national production increasing to 79.17 million tons and selling price of unhulled rice at around Rp4 thousand per kilogram, farmers income could rise to Rp51.36 trillion.(*)
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19% CAR aims increased rice production Friday, February 10, 2017 THE Department
of Agriculture (DA)-Cordillera Administrative Region is set on increasing the
production yield of rice in the region. “An increase of 49 percent production
yield is targeted for this year in order to reach the rice sufficiency rate of
the region by 2019,” said Miriam Pastor, technical staff of Rice Program. With
this goal, the budget allotted for 2018 increased almost 50 percent from the
2016 budget. The directives set by the department in the implementation of
projects for rice are include climate adaptation change adaptation and disaster
risk reduction management which uses high quality seeds for adverse ecosystem,
the hybrid and inbred seed buffer stocking, and provision of agricultural
chemical buffer stocks; prioritize the repair and rehabilitation of facilities;
and, pooling of agricultural machineries and equipment for calamity and
epidemic quick response. Other strategies to increase farm productivity also
include the deployment of ICT-based advisory system, push the micro
agri-enterprise for rice-based advisory development, support small scale
irrigation projects, continuation of rice model farm and strengthening the
technology demonstration and support activities, training and training-related
events, and the strengthening of local farmer technicians and farm service
providers. Moreover, an evident reduction in production cost can also be
achieved thru the distribution of farm machineries, equipment and post-harvest
facilities. Farm mechanization can bring down the cost of labor and reduces
postharvest losses. Pastor explained although the production volume last year
decreased significantly due to the two strong typhoons that struck during the
harvest season, rice sufficiency can still be achieved. For this year, Pastor
explained 50 percent of the budget is allotted for irrigation support services
to increase and widen the production areas, thus producing a higher yield.
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NEW DELHI: India is likely to lose out basmati rice exports to
Pakistan after Iran fixed its import price at $850 per tonne, which is not
viable for Indian suppliers due to higher freight cost, reported foreign media.
As Iran is all set to resume issuance of permits, the Indian
exporters have sought a minimum price of $900 per tonne with some calling for
$925.
According to an Indian official, it would indirectly benefit
Pakistan because of proximity to Iran as transportation cost was higher for
India’s exporters
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Rice
crops yield higher despite El Nino
Hanoi (VNA) – Impacts of the El Nino phenomenon do not shrivel Vietnam’s this
year rice production which is estimated at about 45.2 million tonnes, 230,000
tonnes higher than the yearly target. It was heard at a conference to review
performance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in 2015
in Hanoi on December 24. Around 50,000 hectares of land for rice cultivation in
the central region were hit by severe droughts this year,
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Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open-Feb 11
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Nagpur
Foodgrain Prices - APMC & Open Market-February 11 Nagpur, Feb 11 (Reuters)
- Gram and tuar prices reported higher in Nagpur Agriculture Produce and
Marketing Committee (APMC) here on good buying support from local millers amid
weak supply from producing regions. Notable hike on NCDEX, fresh rise in Madhya
Pradesh gram prices and weak overseas arrival also boosted prices, according to
sources.
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FOODGRAINS & PULSES
GRAM
* Gram pink moved down in open market
in absence of buyers amid release of stock from
stockists.
TUAR
* Tuar varieties ruled steady in open
market here matching the demand and supply
position.
* Batri dal reported down in open
market on poor demand from local traders amid good
arrival from producing regions.
* In Akola, Tuar New - 8,000-8,200,
Tuar dal New - 12,500-13,700, Udid -
12,600-13,600, Udid Mogar (clean) -
14,900-16,700, Moong -
8,400-8,600, Moong Mogar (clean)
9,400-9,700, Gram - 4,100-4,200,
Gram Super best bold - 5,300-5,700
for 100 kg.
* Wheat, rice and other commodities
moved in a narrow range in
scattered deals, settled at last
levels.
Nagpur foodgrains APMC
auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg
FOODGRAINS
Available prices
Previous close
Gram Auction
4,000-4,400
3,900-4,400
Gram Pink Auction
n.a.
2,100-2,600
Tuar Auction
7,300-8,790
7,200-8,600
Moong Auction
n.a.
6,400-6,600
Udid Auction
n.a.
4,300-4,500
Masoor Auction
n.a.
2,600-2,800
Gram Super Best Bold
5,900-6,100
5,900-6,100
Gram Super Best
n.a.
n.a.
Gram Medium Best
5,500-5,700
5,500-5,700
Gram Dal Medium
n.a.
n.a
Gram Mill Quality
4,500-4,600
4,500-4,600
Desi gram Raw
4,450-4,500
4,450-4,500
Gram Filter new
4,600-4,900
4,600-4,900
Gram Kabuli
6,000-8,000
6,000-8,000
Gram Pink
6,400-7,200
6,500-7,300
Tuar Fataka Best-New
12,500-13,000
12,500-13,000
Tuar Fataka Medium-New
11,800-12,300
11,800-12,300
Tuar Dal Best Phod-New
11,500-12,000
11,500-12,000
Tuar Dal Medium phod-New
10,500-11,000
10,500-11,000
Tuar Gavarani New
7,450-7,950
7,450-7,950
Tuar Karnataka
8,150-8,450
8,150-8,450
Tuar Black
12,500-13,000
12,500-13,000
Masoor dal best
6,200-6,400
6,200-6,400
Masoor dal medium
5,800-6,000
5,800-6,000
Masoor
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Mogar bold (New)
9,600-10,000
9,600-10,000
Moong Mogar Med
8,900-9,300
8,900-9,300
Moong dal Chilka
7,800-8,800
7,800-8,800
Moong Mill quality
n.a.
n.a.
Moong Chamki best
8,600-8,800
8,600-8,800
Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New)
16,100-17,000
16,100-17,000
Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG)
13,500-14,500
13,500-14,500
Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG)
9,700-9,900
9,700-9,900
Batri dal (100 INR/KG)
5,500-5,850
5,550-5,900
Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg)
4,400-4,600
4,400-4,600
Watana Dal (100 INR/KG)
3,250-3,400
3,250-3,400
Watana White (100 INR/KG)
3,000-3,200
3,000-3,200
Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG)
3,100-3,600
3,100-3,600
Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG)
1,700-1,800
1,700-1,800
Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG)
1,700-1,800
1,700-1,800
Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG)
1,650-1,850
1,650-1,850
Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG)
2,200-2,500
2,100-2,500
Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,100
1,950-2,250
Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG)
n.a.
n.a.
MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG)
3,200-3,600
3,200-3,600
MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG)
2,500-3,000
1,500-3,000
Rice BPT best New(100 INR/KG)
2,600-2,800
2,600-2,800
Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG)
2,000-2,250
2,000-2,200
Rice Parmal (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,000
1,800-2,000
Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG)
2,100-2,450
2,100-2,450
Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,000
1,800-2,000
Rice HMT best New (100 INR/KG)
3,000-3,500
3,000-3,500
Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG)
2,400-2,800
2,400-2,800
Rice Shriram best New(100 INR/KG)
4,100-4,400
4,100-4,400
Rice Shriram med New(100 INR/KG)
3,700-4,100
3,700-4,100
Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG)
9,700-11,500
9,700-11,500
Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG)
7,600-8,000
7,600-8,000
Rice Chinnor best New(100 INR/KG)
4,700-4,800
4,700-4,800
Rice Chinnor med. New (100 INR/KG)
4,200-4,400
4,200-4,400
Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG)
1,800-2,100
1,800-2,100
Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG)
1,700-1,800
1,700-1,800 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum
temp. 33.0 degree Celsius (93.0 degree Fahrenheit), minimum temp. 19.4 degree
Celsius (66.9 degree Fahrenheit) Humidity: Highest - n.a., lowest - n.a.
Rainfall : n.a. FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature
would be around and 34 and 15 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not
available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices,
but included in market prices.)
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