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· IEIA to Test Food Procured by Southern Naval Command
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After toor, rice prices too shoot up
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Govt mulls rice imports from India
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Poor offtake from Iran, Nigeria to dent India’s
rice exports
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Local rice farmers and millers threaten to quit
production
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Rice stock sufficient until grand harvest:
Minister
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Nigeria: China to Build Rice Mill Factory in
A/Ibom
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Thailand plans 2m more tonnes of
Government-to-Government rice sales
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Arkansas Farm Bureau Daily Commodity Report
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Rice bird repellent AV-1011 granted conditional
registration
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Rice is Still Nice According to Updated DGA
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Packed house in Acadia Parish
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Supreme Court says Jack Charles was wrong in
importing rice: the rice fight continues
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Indonesia to import rice
from Pakistan
The Indonesian government is sounding out the possibility of
importing rice from Pakistan amid low rice stocks following a prolonged dry
season.“We are negotiating imports with Pakistan and other countries,” said
Indonesian Trade Minister Thomas Lembong in Jakarta, The Jakarta Post reported
on Wednesday.The Indonesian government, Thomas said, was preparing a
government-to-government Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on rice imports with
the Pakistani government.The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) was studying the
technical details of Pakistan’s rice stocks, he added.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/01/06/business/indonesia-to-import-rice-from-pakistan/
EIA to Test Food Procured by Southern Naval
Command
By
Published: 07th January 2016 06:00 AM
Last Updated: 07th January 2016 06:00 AM
S K Saxena, Director (Insp and QC) Export Inspection
Agency (EIA), Kochi, and Commander Kamalender Sharma, Base Victualling Officer,
Naval Base, exchanging the Memorandum of Understanding for Laboratory testing
of Provisions at EIA in Kochi on Wednesday | K Rajesh Kumar
KOCHI: Henceforth the food and other
products procured by Southern Naval Command will be tested by Export
Inspection Agency (EIA), Kochi under the Union Ministry of Commerce and
Industry. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Laboratory testing of
Provisions was exchanged between S K Saxena, Director (Insp and QC) Export
Inspection Agency (EIA), Kochi and Commander Kamalender Sharma, Base
Victualling Officer, Naval Base at a function held here on Wednesday.
Calling the agreement as
‘historic’, S K Saxena said that EIA will ensure that the food products
the Naval Base get is of national standard. The Navy has been sending samples
to Laboratories in Mumbai and Chennai for quality checking. But the entire
exercise used to take many weeks to get the final result. With the new
arrangement the Naval Base hopes to get the test results in less than a
week.The Export Inspection Council of India (EIC) was set up in 1963 as an apex
body to provide for sound development of export trade through quality control
and pre-shipment inspection.
The EIC is assisted in its
functions by the Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs) located in Chennai,
Kochi, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai having a network of 37 sub-offices and
laboratories to back up the pre-shipment inspection and certification activity.
“Since 2009 we were on the lookout of testing laboratories to check the quality
of our food items. Our aim was to make sure that the food is safe to eat.
Earlier we used to send samples to many locations in the country. But all our
search has finally been zeroed in on EIA Kochi. We have 70 dependent units in
the country and our annual procurement comes to around Rs 50-60 crore. With the
new association we hope to get test results soon and will be of mutual
benefit,” said Commander Kamalender Sharma, Base Victualling Officer,
Naval Base.
Saxena said that the facility is
exploring ways to associate with more institutions in the country. “Our mandate
is to make sure quality control of products, especially food products. This is
our first association with Armed Forces to provide testing services. The
country imports products worth $410 billion and exports $310 billion. The
country imports $45 billion worth food products and exports $32 billion.
Seafood, Buffalo Meat and Basmati Rice are the major contributors in the export
basket. The government now plans to increase exports hence quality control is
very important,” said Saxena. Jayapalan G, Deputy Director
In-charge, EIA-Kochi and Lt Deepak Poonia, Naval Base, Kochi were also present.
The Indian Express
After toor, rice prices too shoot up
KUMAR BURADIKATTI
Recently harvested Sona Masuri paddy atr Raichur APMC yard.
Photo: Santosh Sagar
Paddy growers, who suffered heavy losses in the last
two years, have a reason to smile this year
It was the price of
toor dal that was making every meal pricey till recently. Now it is the turn of
rice. Over the last 15 days, the price of raw Sona Masuri rice has gone up from
Rs. 42 a kg to Rs. 50 and there is a similar escalation in the prices of all
varieties. Worse, there is every sign of it going further up.
While consumers are a
worried lot, paddy growers of Karnataka — who had suffered heavy losses in the
last two years owing to crop destruction caused by floods and other climatic
fluctuations — have a reason to smile this year.
The prices of all
varieties of paddy are up. The price of Sona Masuri variety paddy has increased
from around Rs. 1,500 a quintal in the last two years to around Rs. 2,300 a
quintal this year. Last year and the year before, farmers took their harvested
crop to nearby agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) markets and
desperately waited for days to get a better price, but in vain. This year, even
while harvesting of monsoon paddy is on, traders are rushing to farmers’ fields
to purchase the crop offering better price.
Hoarding of produce
“There is not enough water in reservoirs due to
drought. The Irrigation Department has declared that it would not release
available water from dams for the second time for paddy cultivation this year.
Knowing this, farmers are stocking the harvested crop expecting better price,”
Shashidhar Haravi, a farmer from Manvi taluk told The Hindu.
Small farmers
He added that the rise in paddy prices would not
benefit small farmers as they cannot stock their crop for a longer period.
“Only rich farmers who have godown of their own can stock harvested paddy for a
longer period. The small farmers who don’t have access to such facilities or
those who are in need of money for meeting urgent commitments, including
repaying loans, would sell the crop to traders who would, in turn, stock it and
reap the rich profits by selling it for a better price,” he said.
****
Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister of State for Food, Civil
Supplies and Consumer Affairs: We
cannot control the rice price as it all depends upon demand and supply. On
Friday, we got clearance from the Election Commission for opening paddy
procurement centres. We will open them within a day or two and start procuring
paddy at Rs. 1,510 a quintal. Since the rates in the open market are high, we
may not get enough paddy from these centres. However, we will purchase paddy
from Punjab, Odisha, U.P. and other States to manage PDS system in Karnataka.
****
TN, AP floods have an impact
Recent floods in the districts along the east coast,
particularly in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, have also had an adverse impact
on the paddy market. Since standing paddy crop on vast tracts of land in Tamil
Nadu and Andhra Pradesh has been destroyed, traders from those States are
looking at Karnataka paddy purchase, causing greater demand for the crop and
resultant rise in the price.
“Around 60 per cent of the paddy crop in coastal
Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh has been destroyed. In other parts such as
Telangana and Karnataka, drought hit the paddy production. The widening gap
between demand and supply is causing the price rice,” Maram Tippanna, a rice
miller from Raichur, toldThe Hindu.
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Prices at your store
The rise in paddy prices has already resulted in the
rice prices going up. The price of raw Sona Masuri rice has gone up from Rs. 42
a kg to Rs. 50 now, steam rice price has gone up from Rs. 32 a kg to Rs. 40,
and idli rice price has gone up from Rs. 24 a kg to Rs. 32, within the last 15
days.
Fine quality rice was sold at Rs. 6,000 a quintal in
Shivamogga market on Thursday. Considering the decline in paddy production and
destroyed standing crop due to natural calamities, the rice prices are expected
to rise further.
However, N.R. Vishwaradhya, executive president,
Karnataka State Rice Millers’ Association, said there would be “no crisis
situation”. He said the prices may go out of control because the State imports
rice from Punjab, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and other paddy-growing areas.
****
Total area of paddy cultivation
Irrigated: 6.96 lakh hectares
Rain-fed: 3.61 lakh hectares
Total: 10.57 lakh hectares
Escalation in paddy prices from last year to
this (per quintal)
Sona Masuri: Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,300
Sanna Bhatta: Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 1,820
Paddy 1001: Rs. 1,400 to Rs. 1,800
IR 64: Rs. 1,200 to Rs. 1,520
Rice price (per kg)
Fine rice: Rs. 60
Medium rice: Rs. 60
Sona Masuri: Rs. 50
Steam rice: Rs. 40
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/after-toor-rice-prices-too-shoot-up/article8005396.ece
Govt mulls rice
imports from India
Khoirul Amin, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Business |
Thu, January 07 2016, 5:32 PM
Business News
The government is considering importing rice from India, the
world’s second-largest rice producer, in anticipation of insufficient supply in
the near future.Trade Minister Thomas Lembong said on Wednesday his ministry
was seeking to diversify import sources for rice, the country’s main staple
food.“We also encourage the signing of a memorandum of understanding [MOU] with
India, because India has become the largest rice exporter in recent years,” he
said.India’s rice exports had reached a value of US$3 billion to $4 billion per
year, he added.
According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), India exported around 10 million tons of rice both in 2013 and 2014,
displacing Thailand as the world’s largest exporter. Thailand is, however,
forecast to reclaim its top spot this year. The data has also reveals that India has become the
second-largest rice grower, after China.
The Trade Minister recently signed an MOU with Pakistan to secure rice imports from the South Asian country after previously failing to secure commitments for more imports from Vietnam and Thailand, because the Philippines had already bought the commodity from the two countries.In the fourth quarter of last year, the government was a little too late in securing additional rice imports to stabilize domestic prices amid insufficient domestic supply, giving enough time for the Philippines — which also experienced a lack of supply —―to secure commitments from Vietnam and Thailand.
The Trade Minister recently signed an MOU with Pakistan to secure rice imports from the South Asian country after previously failing to secure commitments for more imports from Vietnam and Thailand, because the Philippines had already bought the commodity from the two countries.In the fourth quarter of last year, the government was a little too late in securing additional rice imports to stabilize domestic prices amid insufficient domestic supply, giving enough time for the Philippines — which also experienced a lack of supply —―to secure commitments from Vietnam and Thailand.
Indonesia had planned to import a total of 1.5 million tons of
rice from Thailand and Vietnam last year, but only 1 million tons were
realized.On the other hand, the Philippines, which used to import around
500,000 to 700,000 tons of rice a year, imported an unusually large volume of
1.5 million tons from the two Southeast Asian rice exporters last year.Thomas
said previously that while imports from Pakistan had not been realized yet, the
Pakistani government had explained that it could supply around 500,000 tons of
rice to Indonesia.
“The State Logistics Agency [Bulog] is studying detailed Pakistani rice supply,” he said.Meanwhile, Bulog procurement director Wahyu said Bulog’s rice stocks stood at 1.38 million tons as of Wednesday, and he estimated that the country would not need to import in the next four months. “There hasn’t been any order for additional imports from Pakistan so far,” he added.Separately, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman said he was upbeat that rice production would increase, as his ministry had been taking precautionary measures for possible La Niña weather phenomenon this year. La Niña, widely seen as El Niño’s opposite, typically brings more rainfall, threatening crops with flooding.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/01/07/govt-mulls-rice-imports-india.html#sthash.FLhqKWQW.dpuf
Poor offtake from Iran, Nigeria to dent India’s rice exports
VISHWANATH KULKARNI
BENGALURU, DECEMBER
06:
India’s rice exports for the current financial year are headed
for a decline, both in value and volume terms, over the previous year on
reduced purchases by large buyers, such as Iran and Nigeria, and drop in
realisations.test export trends suggest that total rice shipments – basmati and
non-basmati – have declined 7.3 per cent in volumes and 18 per cent in value
terms for the April-November period over the corresponding period last year.
Exports drop
“Going by the current trend, our exports may see a decline. We
may end up shipping 10.5-11 million tonnes (mt) of rice, both basmati and
non-basmati put together this year,” said Rajen Sundaresan, Executive Director,
All India Rice Exporters Association. India had exported a total of 11.92 mt
rice in 2014-15.Basmati shipments to Iran, the largest buyer of the Indian
aromatic rice variety in recent years, have dropped 25 per cent to 3.9 lakh
tonnes during the April-October period of the current financial year against
5.18 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last year.Iran, which had stopped issuing
fresh import permits for basmati in November 2014, began issuing new permits
from December 2015, Sundaresan said.
As a result, basmati shipments were likely to pick up in the
coming months. However, the quantum of permits issued by Iran so far could not
be ascertained.“Our basmati shipments, in volume terms, may increase by about
10 per cent this year, while in value terms there could be a decline of 20-25
per cent on lower realisations,” said AK Gupta, Director, Basmati Export
Development Foundation.
Competing countries
Non-basmati rice exporters, who rely mainly on the African markets, are not optimistic about the outlook for exports in the absence of demand from Nigeria and the firming trend in domestic prices. “The market is not very buoyant because of low prices in countries, such as Pakistan and Vietnam,” said BV Krishna Rao, Managing Director of Pattabhi Agro Foods Pvt Ltd, a large rice exporter in Kakinada.Rao said Indian rice is not competitive in the global market compared to rice from Thailand and Pakistan. The Centre should provide some incentive to rice exporters to help maintain their market share, he added. Rao expects the overall non-basmati shipments to be in the region of around five million tonnes this year.Tejinder Narang, a grains trade analyst, said a depreciating Thailand currency (baht) will pose a challenge to Indian exporters, who are already battling a firming trend in domestic rice prices. “Lack of demand from Nigeria is bound to impact Indian exports,” he added.
(This article was published on January 6, 2016)
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/poor-offtake-from-iran-nigeria-to-dent-indias-rice-exports/article8073384.ece
Local rice farmers and millers threaten to quit production
Jan 7 2016 - 11:57pm
Funsho Balogun
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has identified rice importation as the bane of the agricultural development policies that have been embarked upon to encourage local production of the grain for domestic consumption and exportation. At an interactive session with the House of Representatives members in Abuja yesterday, Ogbeh lamented the situation in which local rice growers and millers have found themselves.The grouse of the rice farmers and millers is premised on Federal Government’s failure to at least control the rate of importation to allow the lofty programmes embarked upon towards domestic rice production to succeed. According to Ogbeh, many of these local rice farmers and millers, who have since upped their production levels as their hopes were raised by government’s promise to ensure that all that they produce and mill will be easily marketable in the Nigerian market, are now convinced that government was only playing to the gallery by vowing to encourage local production to discourage massive importation of the commodity.
Audu Ogbeh:
“Rice
farmers and millers are very frustrated since they cannot market their products
because of massive importation. We asked these farmers to grow grains in the
sun and rain, only for them to mill it in facilities that the government
assisted in making available, and eventually discover that they are stuck with
their product, ” the Agriculture Minister said. He further revealed that many
of the farmers whom he had interacted with, are on the verge of calling it a
day and moving on to other avenues to make a living. ‘’Many of these farmers
and millers involved in rice production are already threatening to forget about
this venture and facing their destiny in other ventures,” Ogbeh disclosed.
The
Minister of Agriculture emphasized that Nigerian farmers did not need experts
from abroad to tell them what to do. He noted that government support towards
creating a market environment that will encourage domestic production and
supporting the farmers in other ways is key in discouraging exportation.
http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2016/01/local-rice-farmers-and-millers-threaten-to-quit-production/
Rice stock sufficient until
grand harvest: Minister
Kamis, 7 Januari 2016 12:57 WIB | 743 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The national rice stock
remains sufficient until the grand harvest in March this year at numerous
regions in Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi, according to Agriculture Minister Andi
Amran Sulaiman."Our national rice stock is adequate. We have 1.2 million
tons of rice in the warehouses of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), which is
ready to be distributed to every region," the minister remarked after
overseeing the market operations at the Cipinang main rice market on
Wednesday.Amran noted that the rice stock will be distributed to every region
in Indonesia, especially in the areas that need rice supply through market
operations."We will distribute it to all regions across the country,
especially in the areas that require the supply of rice," the agriculture
minister reiterated.
Amran has forecast that 1.2 million tons of rice
stock will be adequate to meet the nations rice needs until the grand harvest
in March."God willing, the national stock will be sufficient, without
including the imported rice since we will also harvest one million hectares of
rice fields in March. This means we will harvest six million tons of
rice," he remarked.
Speaking in reference to the market operations at the Cipinang market to last until the harvest period, the minister noted that the Agriculture Ministry and Bulog will distribute 150 thousand tons of rice for the month of January.The agriculture minister also affirmed that the market operations aim to maintain the rice price within the required range or at Rp8,300 per kilogram (kg) in the market.Amran added that the rice distributed by Bulog is of medium and premium grade. "We distribute medium to premium grade rice, with the price ranging between Rp7,500 and Rp8,300 per kg in the market to the end users," added Amran.(*
Speaking in reference to the market operations at the Cipinang market to last until the harvest period, the minister noted that the Agriculture Ministry and Bulog will distribute 150 thousand tons of rice for the month of January.The agriculture minister also affirmed that the market operations aim to maintain the rice price within the required range or at Rp8,300 per kilogram (kg) in the market.Amran added that the rice distributed by Bulog is of medium and premium grade. "We distribute medium to premium grade rice, with the price ranging between Rp7,500 and Rp8,300 per kg in the market to the end users," added Amran.(*
http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/102377/rice-stock-sufficient-until-grand-harvest-minister
Nigeria: China to Build Rice Mill Factory in A/Ibom
By Patrick
Odey
Uyo — Chinese investors have indicated interest to establish an
integrated state-of-the-art rice mill in Akwa Ibom as a means of boosting rice
production.The Chairman of Heilongjiang Hegang Sanjiang Plain Rice Group,
Heilongjiang, China, Mr. Wang Jingxin stated this when the delegation paid a
courtesy visit on the State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural resources,
Dr. Nathan Matthew Ekaette in his office in Uyo.Mr. Jingxin, accompanied by the
Consular-General of Nigerian Embassy in China, Ambassador Ali Ocheni, the Trade
Commissioner in the Embassy, Mr. A. Agboluaje hinted of plans to set up a rice
research institute in the state to boost rice production.In his remark,
commissioner of agriculture Ekaette assured the team of government preparedness
to support them through the provision of enabling environment.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201601070336.html
Thailand plans 2m more tonnes of Government-to-Government rice
sales
BY LARRY BANKS
BY LARRY BANKS
BANGKOK: — According to a
report in the Bangkok Post, the Thai government plans to sell more than 2
million tonnes of rice this year on a government-to-government (G-to-G) basis.But the country admits attempts to sell rice to Iran may hit
problems because of escalating political conflicts in the Middle East. Chutima Bunapraphasara, Commerce
Ministry permanent secretary, said the government has a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with China for a million tonnes.
Full story:
http://ethailand.com/business-news/thailand-plans-2m-tonnes-of-g2g-rice-sales/1211/
http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/thailand-plans-2m-more-tonnes-of-government-to-government-rice-sales/127205/
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Rice futures ended lower across
the board today. Support is at the recent lows just above $11 for March. There
is a chart gap between $12.31 and $12.41 that could be an upside target for
bulls. The market is finding support from tightening world stocks and concerns
about the current El Nino weather pattern impacting production.
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Rice bird repellent AV-1011 granted conditional registration
Jan 7, 2016 | Delta Farm Press
AV-1011 Bird Repellent for rice seed has been granted a
“conditional” registration by the Environmental Protection Agency until Jan. 5,
2018.A conditional registration under section 3(c)(7) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) allows for the product to
be used while the manufacturer, Arkion Life Sciences, completes a final data
requirement. Once this requirement is fulfilled, a permanent label could be
issued by the EPA.AV-1011 has shown to be effective at preventing bird
depredation of rice seed. Rice seed treated with AV-1011 is approved for use in
drill, water, and broadcast systems.The use-rate for AV-1011 is 18.3 fluid
ounces per 100 pounds of seed. With that rate structure, cost of the product on
a per acre basis depends on seeding rate (the higher the seeding rate, the
higher the cost).
The approved label, material safety data sheet, and suggested
grower retail pricing can be found here:
Situations where this product could have the greatest benefit
for rice growers include:
• Very early or very late planted rice fields.
• Isolated rice fields.
• Rice fields that are water-seeded.
• Rice fields that are broadcast-seeded.
Field re-entry periods and other restrictions apply to the use
of this product. Always read and follow label directions.
Please contact your local seed dealer for more information about
having your seed treated with this product.
Blackbirds can swarm onto a rice field and destroy it, causing a
farmer to have to replant or abandon the field. (Photo by Johnny Saichuk, LSU
AgCenter)
Rice is Still Nice According to Updated DGA
By Katie Maher
During the review process, USA Rice and
members of the U.S. Grain Chain, a grains industry coalition from farm to
table, submitted a letter to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC)
strongly urging the continuance of the whole grain recommendation. The Grain Chain also advocated for continued
recognition of the valuable role of enriched grains in a healthy diet, a key
component of which is fortification of white rice with folic acid.
Holmes added, "USA Rice takes an active
role in the development of the DGA by nominating experts to serve on the panel,
submitting positive research findings about the nutrition benefits of rice, and
by testifying at public meetings. The
rice industry's advocacy has resulted in the positive positioning of rice over
the past ten years."The DGA, which serves as our national nutrition
policy, is updated every five years and helps determine criteria for school
lunches for millions of school children, and serves as the basis of pu
Packed house in Acadia Parish
Acadia Parish Rice Growers Gather at LSU
By Michael Klein
He also reported on two new Clearfield
varieties being developed, CL 153 and CL 272, that are showing promising ratoon
possibilities.Dr. Dustin Harrell offered an overview of 2015 including
statistics showing main crop production down, but ratoon production likely the
highest on record.Growers then heard presentations on weed and disease control
and market updates from Dr. Eric Webster, Dr. Don Groth, and Dr. Mike
Salassiblic health campaigns across the country.
Supreme Court says Jack
Charles was wrong in importing rice: the rice fight continues
Written by Administrator
Thursday, 07 January 2016 00:00
Charles’
position is that the Government was only allowed to detain his imported rice
for agricultural and health reasons provided for in the law, but they refused
to grant him his import permit on a policy decision that the Ministry of
Agriculture took. As readers will remember, Charles says that he can import
premium Grade A rice and sell it on shelves for 69 cents a pound, which is 21
Cents below the controlled price for the Grade C Rice produced by the local
rice producers in Belize. The Government has taken the policy that at this
time, it must prevent the Guyanese rice from being sold in Belize because it
could destroy the local rice industry, and drive Belizean rice producers out of
business.
The
learned reasoning at this time is that even if the rice was allowed to be sold
in Belize, because it is highly subsidized by the Guyanese Government, it would
enjoy an unfair market advantage over the rice producers who’s production is
not subsidized by the Belize Government. Another difficulty is that Guyana is a
More Developed Country (MDC), and under CARICOM trading standards, an MDC
cannot threaten the industry of a Lesser Developed Country (LDC), which is the
current classification of Belize. So, that’s the difference of opinion that
would have been tested before Justice Sonya Young.
On
Monday, January 4, however, after Charles’ attorney, Leeroy Banner and the
Government’s Deputy Solicitor General, Nigel Hawke, were heard, Justice Young
refused to grant leave for Charles to bring a case for Judicial Review. He was
stopped dead in his tracks at the very first step of this legal battle. The
arguments were made in the judge’s chambers, and in the absence of the presence
of the press, but the judge was reportedly very stern in her refusal to allow
Charles leave. She reportedly commented that his decision to bring the rice
into Belize without the import permit was unlawful and illegal, and he is now
trying to use the court to legitimize his unlawful action. That appeared - at
least on the face of it - to be the possible end of the dispute. So, on
Tuesday, January 5 the Customs Department went before Senior Magistrate Sharon
Frazer for an ex-parte hearing.
That
allowed for no one from Jack Charles’ camp to have to be notified, and in that
hearing, Customs applied to the court for an order of forfeiture. Once granted,
it would allow for the Department to take possession of the rice and destroy
it. Senior Magistrate Frazer granted the order, which meant that Customs could
go to the Port of Big Creek and unload the rice for disposal. Before they could
get started, Charles’ attorneys Leeroy Banner and Michel Chebat were informed
of that action, and they went before the Chief Justice, Kenneth Benjamin, for
an emergency injunction to restrain the Government.
The
Chief Justice granted that injunction, which remains in effect until Tuesday,
January 12. At that time, the order of the rice forfeiture will be tested to
see if it is lawful. The outcome of that hearing is expected to determine
whether the rice will be destroyed at this stage, and so, it is expected to be
a fierce legal battle.
Last
Updated on Thursday, 07 January 2016 13:46
http://www.guardian.bz/component/content/article/54-highlight/10652-supreme-court-says-jack-charles-was-wrong-in-importing-rice-the-rice-fight-continues
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