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Indonesia Interested to
Import 1 million tons of Rice from Pakistan
By Aiman
Bilal
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September 30, 2018
Indonesia has shown interest to import 1 million tons of rice
from Pakistan, as told by Iwan Suyudhie
Amri—the Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan.
While conversing with the members
of the Multan Chamber of Commerce (MCC) on Friday, Mr Amri said that Jakarta
was working to attain an agreeable mechanism for everyone in regard to the
import of one million tons of rice from Pakistan, as reported by the local
media.
He gave an invitation to the
local makers, industrialists and exporters for participating in the 33rd Trade Expo which is to be
held in Indonesia from the 24th of October until the 28th for enhancing and boosting
the business activities.
Mr Amri mentioned that it has
been decided that a free thirty day-visa would be granted to the traders and
visitors from one hundred and seventy-four nations and registered buyers would
be greeted well at the Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport.
Mr Amri while recalling the basis
of the bilateral ties between the two nations said that they had been cordial
and nice since they started.
He further said that serious
attempt, are now required to be made for translating these ties into greater
economic partnership.
The Indonesian Ambassador to
Pakistan mentioned the volume of bilateral trade which is $2.18 billion, which
is actually very much lesser than the actual present potential.
He is of the belief that exports
from Pakistan should increase by a good rate. Mr Amri expressed his
appreciation for the improved law and order situation in the nation and said
that would for sure impact the exports to Indonesia positively.
While talking about the CPEC, Mr
Amri said that it would be attracting advantageous foreign investment and would
provide benefits to all the regional nations.
Mr Amri about halal food said
that Pakistan was getting the halal food certifications quickly which would
help it in increasing these exports to Indonesia.
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REAP asks govt to provide
facilities for boosting rice exports
Last Updated On 01 October,2018 09:21
am
Safdar Hussain said that he will take all measures for
solution of rice exporters’ problems.
(Web Desk) - Rice Exporters
Association of Pakistan (REAP) has asked government to provide facilities for
boosting rice exports, Radio Pakistan reported.
In a statement from Lahore, the
newly elected Chairman of the Association, Safdar Hussain said that there is a
huge demand for Pakistani rice and its exports can be raised considerably if
government cooperates in this regard.
He said that he will take all
measures for solution of rice exporters’ problems.
https://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/459590-REAP-asks-govt-provide-facilities-boosting-rice-exports
Bumper rice crop in Kashmir after official
warning of drought
SRINAGAR:
Nature has proven wrong the government advisory that Kashmir Valley was going
to witness a drought this season. With the harvesting season of Kashmir’s
principal crop, rice, having begun, farmers are speaking of a “bumper crop”.
The state’s top agriculture official also concurs, saying the produce will
break records of the past.
Director Agriculture Syed Altaf Andrabi told Kashmir Reader that the Valley will have a bumper harvest of rice this season. He said there is not a single instance of drought anywhere in the fields.
“There is none above the creator of this world, who plans and disposes what humans decide. This harvest is an example of that. We will see the best harvest this year,” Altaf said.
Earlier this year, the Irrigation and Flood Control Department had issued drought advisories to farmers in both north and south Kashmir. Its Chief Engineer, Shahnawaz, had told Kashmir Reader that farmers who cultivate rice on Abi Doam and Soam lands in south Kashmir had been advised to not cultivate rice but some other crop. The same advisory was issued to farmers in some Abi Awal areas in north Kashmir.
Abi Awal is a classification by the revenue department to denote the main paddy land in the Valley. Abi Doom is the paddy land that receives less water compared to Abi Awal and Abi Soam is paddy land that receives less water than Abi Doom. This classification exists because paddy fields are spread on different heights and distances to water sources.
“We had issued an advisory based on the precipitation received from November 2017 to March 2018. It was 53 percent low compared to what it is expected to be. But, fortunately, nature has proved us wrong,” Shahnawaz said.
Shahnawaz said that drought was averted by huge doses of rainfall the Valley received during the summer in different instalments.
Altaf said he had advised against the advisory because Kashmir has been witness to less rainfall in winters many times, only to receive plenty during summer.
These different positions of two government departments had put farmers in a quandary whether to cultivate rice or not. The farmers decided to go against the advisory.
Abdul Ahad, a farmer form south Kashmir, told Kashmir Reader that he chose to cultivate rice because he was familiar with weather patterns in the past, which had never led to a drought in Kashmir.
“I also put trust in Allah, and he does not betray it,” he added.
A drought in Kashmir, which is an agrarian economy, would have been a huge crisis. The government would have had to import additional food supplies which could have been more than the 24 percent of rice deficit that Kashmir faces at present. Farmers could have been the main sufferers.
Director Agriculture Syed Altaf Andrabi told Kashmir Reader that the Valley will have a bumper harvest of rice this season. He said there is not a single instance of drought anywhere in the fields.
“There is none above the creator of this world, who plans and disposes what humans decide. This harvest is an example of that. We will see the best harvest this year,” Altaf said.
Earlier this year, the Irrigation and Flood Control Department had issued drought advisories to farmers in both north and south Kashmir. Its Chief Engineer, Shahnawaz, had told Kashmir Reader that farmers who cultivate rice on Abi Doam and Soam lands in south Kashmir had been advised to not cultivate rice but some other crop. The same advisory was issued to farmers in some Abi Awal areas in north Kashmir.
Abi Awal is a classification by the revenue department to denote the main paddy land in the Valley. Abi Doom is the paddy land that receives less water compared to Abi Awal and Abi Soam is paddy land that receives less water than Abi Doom. This classification exists because paddy fields are spread on different heights and distances to water sources.
“We had issued an advisory based on the precipitation received from November 2017 to March 2018. It was 53 percent low compared to what it is expected to be. But, fortunately, nature has proved us wrong,” Shahnawaz said.
Shahnawaz said that drought was averted by huge doses of rainfall the Valley received during the summer in different instalments.
Altaf said he had advised against the advisory because Kashmir has been witness to less rainfall in winters many times, only to receive plenty during summer.
These different positions of two government departments had put farmers in a quandary whether to cultivate rice or not. The farmers decided to go against the advisory.
Abdul Ahad, a farmer form south Kashmir, told Kashmir Reader that he chose to cultivate rice because he was familiar with weather patterns in the past, which had never led to a drought in Kashmir.
“I also put trust in Allah, and he does not betray it,” he added.
A drought in Kashmir, which is an agrarian economy, would have been a huge crisis. The government would have had to import additional food supplies which could have been more than the 24 percent of rice deficit that Kashmir faces at present. Farmers could have been the main sufferers.
Farm exports rise 5% in April-August
Basmati rice,
buffalo meat beef up the numbers; sliding rupee is a plus
BENGALURU, SEPTEMBER
30
Farm product exports continued to
grow during the first five months of this fiscal on strong overseas demand for
products such as basmati rice and buffalo meat, among others.
They were also aided by a
weakening rupee.
Total farm exports during
April-August this year touched $7.7 billion, a growth of 5 per cent over the
corresponding period last year.
In rupee value terms, the growth
for the period was 10.28 per cent at ₹51,913 crore (₹47,076 crore in the corresponding period last year), according
to the Agricultural and Processed Exports Development Authority (APEDA).
Shipments of basmati rice, the
largest product in India’s farm export basket, topped $2 billion for the period,
registering a 8.7 per cent growth.
However, the increase in volumes
was marginal as shipments stood at 1.85 million tonnes (1.84 mt). The growth in
export value is on account of higher unit pricing at $1,088 per tonne ($1,005
per tonne).
Basmati rice accounts for a 26.3
per cent share of India’s total exports. Iran was the largest buyer, accounting
for 36 per cent of the shipments in April-August, followed by Saudi Arabia and
Iraq.
Volumes down
Similarly, a higher per unit
realisation has helped push up exports of buffalo meat in value. Volumes were
down at 4.99 lakh tonnes (5.03 lakh tonnes).
Buffalo meat is the second
largest product in India’s farm export basket, accounting for 20 per cent of
the export earnings. Vietnam, the largest buyer of India’s buffalo meat,
accounted for over half (50.6 per cent) of the exports during the period,
followed by Malaysia and Indonesia.
Non-basmati rice, however,
registered a dip in exports during the period on account of lower volumes of
3.17 mt (3.4 mt). In value terms, non-basmati exports for the period stood at
$1.31 billion (1.382 billion). Bangladesh was the largest importer of
non-basmati during the period, followed by Senegal and Nepal.
China, the largest buyer of rice,
has opened up its market for Indian non-basmati rice and the first shipment was
made last week from Nagpur.
Exports of other products that
have done well during the period include pulses, processed vegetables, guargum,
groundnut and dairy products. Shipments of pulses have more than doubled in
volumes during the period to 1.44 lakh tonnes (66,687 tonnes). In value, pulses
exports increased by 30 per cent to $131 million.
Dairy products
Dairy product exports have also
grown, both in volumes and value, during the period. Their volumes crossed
50,000 tonnes (39,102 tonnes). In value terms, it stood at ₹957 crore.
Though groundnut exports have
increased in volumes to 2.01 lakh tonnes (1.57 lakh tonnes), the growth in
value at $194 million ($184 million) has not kept pace. The oilseed has
suffered a decline to $962 per tonne ($1,167/tonne in the corresponding period
last year).
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/farm-exports-rise-5-in-april-august/article25090117.ece
Agriculture Ministry to promote corn
growing to lower rice production
By NNT
October 1, 2018
Bangkok – The Ministry of Agriculture is set to encourage farmers to
grow corn instead of off-season rice, as part of efforts to tackle an excess
supply of rice and falling prices.
Agriculture Minister Grisada
Boonrach said that the corn growing promotion is part of the government’s San
Palan Pracharat public-private collaboration, which has been initiated to offer
alternative crops for farmers traditionally engaged in off-season rice growing.
Grisada said that Thailand
produces between 14 million tons and 15 million tons of rice each year, but
demand from within and outside Thailand stands at between 11 million tons and
12 million tons only.
He stated that the excess supply
has driven rice prices lower.
At the same time, the current
annual level of production of corn for animal feed is five million tons against
the annual demand for eight million tons, according to the Agriculture
Minister.
The Agriculture Minister says
that the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives is ready to offer a
low-interest loan to interested farmers while the Agriculture Sector
Cooperatives and Farmers Groups Development Division will help facilitate the
sale of their crops to ensure a fair deal.
Agriculture Ministry to promote
corn growing to lower rice production
By NNT
October 1, 2018
Bangkok – The Ministry of Agriculture is set to encourage farmers to
grow corn instead of off-season rice, as part of efforts to tackle an excess
supply of rice and falling prices.
Agriculture Minister Grisada
Boonrach said that the corn growing promotion is part of the government’s San
Palan Pracharat public-private collaboration, which has been initiated to offer
alternative crops for farmers traditionally engaged in off-season rice growing.
Grisada said that Thailand
produces between 14 million tons and 15 million tons of rice each year, but
demand from within and outside Thailand stands at between 11 million tons and
12 million tons only.
He stated that the excess supply
has driven rice prices lower.
At the same time, the current
annual level of production of corn for animal feed is five million tons against
the annual demand for eight million tons, according to the Agriculture
Minister.
The Agriculture Minister says
that the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives is ready to offer a
low-interest loan to interested farmers while the Agriculture Sector
Cooperatives and Farmers Groups Development Division will help facilitate the
sale of their crops to ensure a fair deal.
Rice board members
assume duties
Bruce Schultz | 9/28/2018
3:05:19 PM
(09/28/18) CROWLEY, La. — The newly appointed
members of the Louisiana Rice Research and Louisiana Rice Promotion boards took
the oath of office on Sept. 24.
They were selected by Gov. John Bel Edwards to
serve four-year terms.
Both boards met at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse
Caffey Rice Research Station and were sworn in by Acadia Parish Clerk of Court
Robert Barousse.
The promotion board members are Joshua Andrus,
of Kaplan; Paul Zaunbrecher, of Rayne; Kent Brown, of Jennings; Michelle Ribera
for agriculture commissioner Mike Strain; Tommy Faulk, of Crowley; Christian
Richard, of Kaplan; Kane Fontenot, of Mamou; Mark Pousson, of Iowa; Buster
Hardee, of Kaplan; John Owen, of Rayville; and Paul Johnson, of Welsh.
The promotion board chose Owen as chairman,
Johnson as vice chair and Faulk as secretary-treasurer.
Research board members are Damian Bollich, of
Jones; Jason Waller, of Mer Rouge; John Denison, of Lake Charles; Jeffrey
Sylvester, of Ville Platte; Jude Doise, of Welsh; Benjy Rayburn for Strain;
John Earles, of Bunkie; Eric Savant, of Kinder; Richard Fontenot, of Ville
Platte; Sammy Noel, of Abbeville; Kim Frey, of Eunice; Jerry Leonards, of
Rayne; Dane Hebert, of Maurice; Alan Lawson, of Crowley; and David LaCour, of
Abbeville.
Richard Fontenot was chosen as chairman of the
research board. Hebert was selected as vice chair and Denison as
secretary-treasurer.
The research board will meet again at the Rice
Research Station on Nov. 1 to hear research project funding proposals.
Louisiana Rice Promotion Board members chosen
by Gov. John Bel Edwards take the oath of office on Sept. 24. They will serve
four-year terms. Shown in the photo are, from left, Board Chairman John Owen,
of Rayville; Paul Johnson, of Welsh; Buster Hardee, of Vermilion Parish; Paul
Zaunbrecher, of Rayne; Christian Richard, of Indian Bayou; Tommy Faulk, of
Crowley; and Kane Fontenot, of Mamou. Also taking the oath were Joshua Andrus,
of Kaplan; Kent Brown, of Jennings; Michelle Ribera for agriculture
commissioner Mike Strain; and Mark Pousson, of Iowa.
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Louisiana Rice Research Board members take the
oath of office on Sept. 24 for their new four-year terms. They were named to
the board by Gov. John Bel Edwards. From left to right are Jeffery Sylvester,
of Ville Platte; Sammy Noel, of Abbeville; David LaCour, of Abbeville; Dane
Hebert, of Maurice; and Benjy Rayburn for agriculture commissioner Mike Strain.
Also on the board are Damian Bollich, of Jones; John Denison, of Lake Charles;
Jude Doise, of Welsh; Richard Fontenot, of Ville Platte; Kim Frey, of Eunice;
Alan Lawson, of Crowley; Jerry Leonards, of Rayne; Sammy Noel, of Abbeville;
Eric Savant, of Kinder; and Jason Waller, of Mer Rouge.
Louisiana Rice Research Board members taking
the oath of office for new four-year terms on Sept. 24 are, left to right, John
Earles, of Bunkie; John Denison, of Lake Charles; Eric Savant, of Kinder; Jerry
Leonards, of Rayne; and Kim Frey, of Eunice. Also on the board are Damian
Bollich, of Jones; Jude Doise, of Welsh; Richard Fontenot, of Ville Platte;
Dane Hebert, of Maurice; David LaCour, of Abbeville; Alan Lawson, of Crowley;
Sammy Noel, of Abbeville; Jeffery Sylvester, of Ville Platte; Jason Waller, of
Mer Rouge; and Benjy Rayburn for agriculture commissioner Mike Strain.
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2 rice millers booked for defrauding bank
Fazilka, October 1
The police have
booked brothers Raman and Amandeep Josan, both rice millers of Jalalabad, for defrauding
the Muktsar branch of the State Bank of India in a Rs 8.7-crore loan case.
Rachpal Sidhu, Chief Manager, SBI branch,
Malout Road, said the accused had availed cash credit limit of Rs 6 crore and a
term loan of Rs 2.7 crore from the bank in 2010 for their mill. Guarantors had
pledged their property in favour of the bank in lieu of obtaining the loan.
Investigating
officer Chander Shekhar said 117-kanal, 13-marla land at Ghubaya village,
mortgaged with the bank, had allegedly been sold by the guarantor to other
persons by preparing fake documents in connivance with the patwari concerned.
After conducting
an inquiry, the duo was booked under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B
of the IPC.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/indias-april-aug-rice-exports-drop-4-3-pct-year-on-year-govt-body/articleshow/66028137.cms
China clears 14 Indian rice
companies for export amid trade war with US
September 30, 2018
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China has agreed to import from
14 of the 19 registered exporters from India, while the remaining five— mostly
of basmati sellers — have been asked to improve storage and isolation
facilities before applying afresh.
China allows import of only from
India, but with this clearance, even can be exported. The clearance comes amid
rising tension between the United States and China over China is viewing for
newer markets to increase its inventories. Export from India has been caught
under wraps
since it failed to clear Chinese
food safety and quality norms.
China alleged India’s rice
consignments contained ‘khapra’ (cabinet) beetle and were unfit for consumption,
which Indian authorities and traders denied.
In an agreement signed on June 9,
China agreed to import from India as well. The shipments had to comply with the
Chinese plant quarantine laws and regulations. India has to ensure that
processing and storage houses of the rice to be exported to China is free from
pests — Trogoderma granarium and Prostephanus truncatus — and live insects. The
exported rice will must be free of soil, seeds of weeds, paddy hull, loose bran
and any of plant debris of rice.
exports from the country during
April-February 2018 stood at $3.26 billion as against $2.53 billion in 2016-17.
India wants to accelerate exports to China with a view to bridging the
ballooning trade deficit, which has increased to $63.12 billion in 2017-18 from
$51.08 billion in the previous fiscal.
Arkansas farmers accelerate harvest ahead of
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Fast Facts:
Arkansas farmers accelerated
harvests after Tropical Storm Gordon
Corn harvest nearly finished,
rice about three weeks from completion
Cotton and soybean harvests just
getting rolling
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas farmers
accelerated harvest operations in the wake of excessive rains from the remnants
of Tropical Storm Gordon, and those that are under way are making good crops.
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are pushing hard to harvest their fields ahead of rain forecast for the weekend
and next week. (Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller) But with more
rain in the forecast for this weekend and next week, growers are racing through
their fields with one eye on the sky.
Rice
The Arkansas rice harvest is
about 60 percent complete and seems to have survived the rains dropped by the
remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon, said Jarrod Hardke, extension rice
agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
“Farmers are pushing hard to get
the crop in ahead of any rain,” Hardke said.
“At the rate they’re going, the
harvest could be about done within about three weeks,” Hardke said. “But if we
get five or six days of rain next week, we may be looking at more delays.”
Most rice growing areas in the
state missed the worst rain from Gordon, Hardke said, and suffered only light
damage. “We had some rice leaning like it might fall over,” he said, “but by
and large, it’s not as bad as was anticipated.”
Still, Hardke said, more rain
delays increase the risks of harm to the harvest. “The longer rice is in the
field, the more bad stuff might happen,” he said.
The USDA National Agricultural
Statistics Service projects Arkansas rice yields at 7,490 pounds, or about 166
bushels, per acre.
S. Korea's rice
production expected to hover around 3.85 mln tons in 2018
2018/09/30 09:12
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SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rice production is
expected to hover around 3.85 million tons in 2018, down from 3.97 million tons
tallied for last year, a state-run agriculture think tank said Sunday.
"The total rice output will likely be between 3.83 million
tons to 3.87 million tons, which translates into a 2.7-3.6 percent dip from the
previous year," the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) said.
It said the contraction is in line with overall trends caused by
people eating less of the staple grain and opting for greater dietary variety.
With the exception of 2013 through 2015, when output actually increased, the
size of rice harvested every year has been falling from 4.92 million tons
reached in 2009.
KREI said the decline is related to the drop in rice paddies in
the country that stands at 738,000 hectares this year, down 2.2 percent from
755,000 hectares in 2017. For the past five years, the country's rice growing
paddies have been contracting by an average 2.3 percent annually.
In addition to less land allocated to grow rice, the institute
said heavy rain and the impact of the recent typhoon affected the yield.
Reflecting the decrease in output, KREI expected prices to go
up, with excess production falling to some 80,000 tons, much smaller than the
yearly average of 230,000 tons posted in recent years.
"There may be changes as the official yield will have to be
calculated later, but at present the market price for an 80 kilogram sack of
rice will probably be higher than the 164,357 won (US$147.90) that was the norm
in recent years," a source said.
N.Korea Bans
Rice Transport as Severe Shortage Looms
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North Korea has banned rice transports from one
part of the country to another as a severe shortage looms following a poor
harvest due to the record heatwave this summer.
Radio Free Asia last Thursday reported that
North Korea issued an official notice of the ban in early September and stepped
up checkpoints across the country.
The notice warned that people who violate the
ban and those caught stealing rice face execution. The measures suggest that
the regime is now desperate to hoard supplies after spending lavishly to celebrate
its 70th founding anniversary last month.
The record heat this summer severely diminished
crop yields in North Korea, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in a
report early last month, and the price of rice rose from 4,500 North Korean won
per kilogram in late August to 5,400 won in late September, up around 17
percent.
The shortage is particularly severe for
ordinary people. The head of a rice farm cooperative in South Hwanghae Province
reportedly killed himself in protest against an order to hand over 40 percent
of the farm's yield to the country's bloated military.
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Agri dep’t outlines port-of-origin inspection regime for rice imports
October 1, 2018 | 9:54 pm
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AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel F.
Piñol said the more permissive system for private rice imports will still
require sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) import clearances with inspectors to
assess shipments at the port of origin.
“Even for private imports, we
will have to implement the SPS and determine whether they are bringing in 25%
brokens,” Mr. Piñol told reporters at the sidelines of the ASEAN Agriculture
Summit 2018 held at SMX Convention Center in Pasay.
He was referring to the grade of
rice typically imported, which is determined by the permissible percentage of
broken grains.
Mr. Piñol said that the DA will
be sending its staff to ports of origin to issue the SPS clearance and will
decline the shipment if it fails to pass.
He said the inspection measures
will be in force “effective in the next round of importation.”
Mr. Piñol said that the price of
rice has already started to drop with the onset of harvest season, along with
the entry of imported rice, according to Philippine Rice Research Institute
Executive Director Sailila E. Abdula.
He said the timing of imports
remains critical because it can depress the price farmers can obtain at harvest
time.
According to Mr. Piñol, the
buying price of palay, or unmilled rice, by the National Food
Authority remains at P17 but he added that with incentives the actual price is
equivalent to P20.
Mr. Piñol also denied that the
agriculture sector is at fault for high levels of inflation, noting that those
in the farm sector are also victims of high prices.
In his speech at the summit Mr.
Piñol said: “Food prices are only indicative of the effect of other
inflationary costs. Agriculture only reacts to other causes of inflation like
fuel. Do not blame food prices as a cause of inflation.”
In front of the ASEAN Business
Advisory Council, he also announced that the Philippines will stop importing
higher grades of rice from Vietnam and Thailand.
“Sorry to our friends from
Thailand and Vietnam. We will no longer import your Class A rice. Our local
farmers will produce the Class A rice,” he said.
Philippine Chamber of Commerce
& Industry Chairman George T. Barcelon said that it is necessary for the
country to focus on high-value crops, as domestically-produced rice is more
expensive than imports.
“The rice we import is cheaper
than the food we produce locally. It is important for our country like the
Philippines to go for high-value crops,” Mr. Barcelon said.
Ateneo de Manila University
professor Cielito F. Habito has said that the pursuit of rice self-sufficiency
is driving the price of rice higher because even marginal land is planted to
rice, increasing overall farming costs. He instead advocated focusing resources
on crops that can be exported such as cacao and coffee.
Mr. Piñol, however, said: “We
cannot throw one commodity under the bus and promote another. We’ve got to work
on both.” — Reicelene Joy N. Ignacio
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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted there was a 0.18
percent deflation in September 2018 compared to the previous month.
Nevertheless, some commodity groups are still experiencing price hikes albeit
with a thin margin.
"Rice prices are up 0.9 percent. But because the increase is
less than one percent, we don’t highlight it as it only has 0.01 percent impact
on inflation," BPS chief Suhariyanto said here on Monday, October 1.
Based on their analysis in 82
cities, the BPS said that most commodity prices declined in September, leading
to the 0.18 percent deflation. The Consumer Price Index thus slipped from
134.07 in August to 133.83 in September.
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year-to-date inflation rate dropped to 1.94 percent. Meanwhile, the
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VN sees rice export growth by year-end
Update: October,
01/2018 - 11:00
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A worker moves rice bags at a private agricultural processing
company in Phước Lộc Commune, Tuy Phước District, Bình Định Province. —
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Over the first nine months of this year, Việt Nam shipped 4.9 million tonnes of rice abroad, earning US$2.5 billion, up 22 per cent from the same period last year.
Công said that this is an impressive result, attributing the achievement to the effective rice sector restructuring programme which focuses on developing high-quality and fragrant rice to bolster exports to choosy markets.
Up to 80 per cent of exports now are classified as high-quality rice and sold at more than $500 per tonne, he said, adding that market diversification has been a catalyst for Vietnamese rice shipments.
China’s sudden imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on rice imports from July affected rice consumption in this market, especially sticky rice. At some points, Chinese traders paid only $380 per tonne for sticky rice, compared to the $530-540 per tonne at the beginning of the year. However, Vietnamese firms have worked to enhance rice exports to Iraq, the Philippines, Malaysia, the Ivory Coast and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The price of sticky rice has also increased from just below $400 per tonne in July and August, to $440 per tonne now. Furthermore, as local firms reduce export costs, Vietnamese rice will gain a competitive edge over that grown in India and Thailand, Công noted.
In the coming time, purchase demand will is forecast to pick up in some countries, such as the Philippines, which will be needing to import an additional 500,000-800,000 tonnes of rice by the end of this year to refill exhausted reserves and stabilise the domestic rice price. Meanwhile, Indonesia and several African countries also hold great demand for rice imports in response to output decline due to floods and storms.
Besides, the Government’s new Decree 107/2018/NĐ-CP replacing Decree 109/2010/NĐ-CP, which takes effect from October 1, will remove difficulties and legal barriers for rice exporters to expand their foreign markets.
According to the decree, rice exporters will no longer be required to own rice storage, paddy milling and grinding facilities with processing capacities of 5,000 tonnes of rice. In addition, customs procedures will be simplified, creating favourable conditions for enterprises to export more to large consuming markets like China, Europe, Africa, Iraq, Cuba and the UAE.
Phạm Minh Thiện, general director of Cỏ May Co Ltd, said many provisions on rice export have been modified to suit the development of enterprises. It has created more favourable conditions for businesses to enter the market and to reduce costs significantly.
The amendments to the Decree 109 which was issued eight years ago will promote businesses and farmers to put more investment in the production and trading of high-quality rice. Farmers are encouraged to supply high-value rice for rice exporters. — VNS
Read more at http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/466854/vn-sees-rice-export-growth-by-year-end.html#wDZQH3xpPOQOq1w2.99
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in the early months of 2018, the total export volume of Vietnamese rice
reached its highest level in three years. However, it is forecast that rice
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According to the Vietnam Food
Association (VFA), Vietnam exported over 4.88 million tonnes of rice as of
September 11, 2018, the highest level for the same period over the past three
years. In particular, the nine-month export volume also surpassed the total
export volume of the whole of 2016 at 4.86 million tonnes.
The statistics released by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) also show that Vietnam
exported 4.4 million tonnes of rice in the first eight months of this year,
up 6.8% over the same period in 2017.
However, rice exports are
predicted to encounter challenges in the last quarter of this year as
Vietnamese rice exports to China, the largest import market of Vietnam,
decreased by 32.8% in the first seven months of this year.
In addition, Vietnamese sticky
rice that is exported to China receives a tariff up to 50%, resulting in
difficulties for Vietnamese exporters.
According to Nguyen Quoc Toan,
Acting Head of the Department of Agro-product Processing and Market
Development under the MARD, Vietnamese rice will also have to compete with
Thailand and India in terms of prices, as their export prices are falling and
the Thai baht and Indian rupee are weakening against the US dollar.
Moreover, China has allowed 19
Indian firms to export rice to China, while signing a deal with Thailand to
import 10,000 tonnes of Thai rice, resulting in fiercer competition for
Vietnamese rice exporters, Toan noted.
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Canada
Joins U.S. and Mexico in a New NAFTA Called "USMCA"
By Bob Cummings
WASHINGTON, DC -- Late Sunday night
negotiations closed with Canada to create a new trilateral trade agreement with
the United States and Mexico to replace the twenty-plus year old North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was a key trade policy objective of the
Trump administration, and President Trump noted on Monday, "It is a great
deal for all three countries, solves the many deficiencies and mistakes in
NAFTA, greatly opens markets to our Farmers and Manufacturers, reduces Trade
Barriers to the U.S. and will bring all three Great Nations together in
competition with the rest of the world."
"USA Rice has long called for
the conclusion of negotiations to modernize NAFTA in a way that preserves and
strengthens access for U.S. rice in Mexico and Canada, two of our largest
export markets," said Bobby Hanks, chair of the USA Rice International
Trade Policy Committee and a Louisiana miller.
"The USMCA does this by preserving duty free access and improving
on the sanitary and phytosanitary provisions of the deal. We applaud the administration for bring these
talks to a close."
The United States and Mexico reached
agreement several weeks ago on modernized text but several difficult issues
including Canada's dairy policy and access for U.S. exports, dispute settlement
provisions, and the treatment of auto imports from Canada under pending U.S.
trade actions caused negotiations with Canada to go down to the wire.
In the end, Canada reportedly agreed
to increase access for U.S. dairy exports above that agreed in the Trans
Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and to change certain domestic dairy
policies; the U.S. agreed to preserve certain dispute settlement procedures
from NAFTA important to Canada; and the two countries reached an accommodation
on the level of auto imports from Canada should action be taken on auto imports
by the United States in the future under Section 232 authority.
"While there are a number of
procedural hurdles to go through on the U.S. side in connection with statutory
requirements for congressional consideration and approval of the USMCA, this
agreement is good news for U.S. rice producers, millers, and exporters,"
concluded Hanks.
Turn back the clock
Farm Policy
Steps Backward with Expiration of 2014 Farm Bill
By Jamison Cruce
WASHINGTON, DC -- The 2014 Farm Bill
expired at midnight last night. Reports
indicate that little agreement, if any, on negotiations for the 2018 Farm Bill
occurred, and with the House on recess from now through Election Day, there's
virtually no chance Congress will pass a new farm bill before the lame duck
session.
The rumored sticking points are
provisions in the nutrition and commodity titles.
The Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements continue to be the issue for
nutrition, and the unassigned base provision in the House bill is contributing
to disagreements in the commodity title.
Under the unassigned base provision, those base acres on a farm not planted
to a covered commodity 2009-2017 would become unclassified and ineligible to
receive Price Loss Coverage (PLC) or Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) payments
through the life of the new farm bill.
With the expiration of the current
bill, the baseline of all programs funded under $50 million will be
eliminated. This includes the Foreign
Market Development (FMD) Program that USA Rice uses to help promote the
purchase and consumption of U.S.-grown rice in foreign markets. Crop insurance, which is permanently
authorized, and commodity program payments will continue, however, if a new
farm bill is not passed by the end of the year, all farm programs will revert
back to 1949 law.
In addition, President Trump signed
into law a second package of appropriations bills on Friday afternoon, meaning
about half of the federal government is funded for the next 12 months. Also included in the bill was a Continuing
Resolution to extend current funding levels for the remaining departments whose
funding bills have not yet passed Congress, which includes Agriculture, through
December 7.
Key to increasing nitrogen efficiency in rice found
Discovery to help minimise input costs,
reduce pollution
HYDERABAD,
OCTOBER 2
Nitrogen use in soils is among
the most important activities that determine crop health and productivity. For
generations, the efficient use of fertiliser nitrogen by plants has been
limited due to various challenges.
In a significant finding, Indian
researchers have identified the key to breaking this barrier in the rice crop.
They have found some easily identifiable visual features to differentiate high
yielding rice cultivars based on ‘nitrogen use efficiency’ (NUE).
Benefits of using nitrogen
efficiently
The immediate implication will
be to push up the fertiliser NUE from the present 30 per cent. It will have
double benefits—save on input costs and reduce environmental pollution due to
unutilised nitrogen fertilisers. Traditionally, high fertiliser inputs to
increase crop yields to meet the high food demands of a growing population has
been the norm in India.
“We have discovered the
phenotype for fertiliser NUE in rice. It is also crucial in seed germination
and crop duration. In turn it can be used to screen robust rice cultivars,”
according to the study published in the October 1 edition of the journal,
Frontiers of Plant Science by N Raghuram and Narendra Sharma from the Guru
Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi.
Nitrogen (N) compounds such as
urea and ammonium nitrate are the most predominant and expensive components of
chemical fertilisers. Indian agriculture consumes over 30 million tonnes of
chemical fertiliser N per year, but about 70 per cent of it is not utilised by
the crop and causes pollution of soil, water and air.
Nitrous oxide emissions
According to the Indian
Nitrogen Assessment (2017), co-edited by Raghuram, agriculture accounts for
over 70 per cent of all nitrous oxide emission in the Indian environment, out
of which 77 per cent is contributed by chemical fertilisers.
Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse
gas (GHG) that is 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. It has replaced
methane as the second largest GHG emission from Indian agriculture over the
last 15 years.
“As 75 per cent of the market
price of urea is subsidised, poor N use efficiency harms recovery of investment
worth tens of thousands of crores and instead causes pollution. Drastic
reduction in fertiliser usage without improving efficiency adversely impacts crop
yields and farmer livelihoods. This is why we must improve the fertiliser
nitrogen use efficiency of crops,” explains Raghuram, who was recently elected
the Chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative.
Foodgrain crops account for
over 69 per cent of the total consumption of N fertilisers in India with rice
topping the list at 37 per cent, followed by wheat (24 per cent).
The importance of NUE
“We expect that our findings in
rice will also be relevant to other crops, though it needs to be validated. In
any case, rice has the least NUE among cereals and is consumed by over half of
the world’s population,” he told BusinessLine.
The lack of a simple
‘phenotype’, or a visually identifiable feature to distinguish N-efficient and
inefficient cultivars has hampered crop improvement for NUE for over half a
century, says V Sitaramam from Pune University
The findings have shown the
importance of germination for other traits such as yield and stress.
Germination and crop duration are such simple features that even farmers can
screen and choose cultivars on that basis, while breeders can use them for crop
improvement,” says Raghuram.
“Reduction of crop duration has
been an important research goal in Indian agriculture, but we have to be
mindful of not losing NUE in the process,” says Narendra Sharma.
Researchers hack corn to grow fatter and absorb more carbon
dioxide
An international team of researchers wants to level up corn by
boosting its ability to capture CO2 from the atmosphere.
Image credits Juraj
Varga.
Corn (or maize) is a fruit and one of the most important staple
foods on the planet, exceeding even rice or wheat in quantity grown per year.
However, in Australia, while corn has the widest geographical spread of all
field crops, it lags behind its counterparts (such as wheat or rice) in yield.
One of the main issues maize has to grapple with in the land down
under are harsh environmental conditions. In a bid to help the crop bloom to
its full potential, an international team of researchers has been toying with
its genome, to boost the plant’s ability to photosynthesize.
Sunny maize
“We developed a transgenic maize designed to produce more
Rubisco, the main enzyme involved in photosynthesis, and the result is a plant
with improved photosynthesis and hence, growth. This could potentially increase
tolerance to extreme growth conditions,” said lead researcher Dr. Robert
Sharwood from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis,
led by The Australian National University (ANU).
While all plants rely on photosynthesis to capture carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere, they go about it in different ways. Plants
like wheat and rice use an older and less efficient photosynthetic path (the
‘C3’ path), while other plants such as maize and sorghum use the more efficient
C4 path.
Some of the most important food crops today (as well as many that
are used for animal feed and biofuel production) rely on the C4 pathway. C4
plants are specially adapted to thrive in hot and dry environments — ones that
are expected to be more prevalent in future decades.
“There is an urgent
need to deliver new higher-yielding and highly adapted crop species, before
crops are affected by the expected climate change conditions. These conditions
will increase the threats against global food security, and the only way to
prepare for them is through international research collaborations.”
One of the molecules that underpins photosynthesis is an enzyme
known as Rubisco — which converts CO2 into organic
compounds. Rubisco’s activity is much improved in C4 plants, making the process
faster and more water-efficient. As a result, these plants are more tolerant to
heat and drought, and tend to be more productive than their C3 counterparts.
Maize has one of the most efficient Rubisco enzymes and uses “less nitrogen” to
grow than other crops.
“So, our main question was, if we increase Rubisco content in
maize, what would it do for the plant?” says co-author David Stern, from the
Boyce Thompson Institute.
“We found that by
boosting Rubisco inside the maize cells, we get an increase in crop
productivity,”
Overall CO2 assimilation and crop biomass increased by 15%, the
team reports. While quite excited with their results so far, the researchers
plan to further increase the “pool of active Rubisco” in the plant to
increase this percentage even further. Until then, however, they hope to
pit their maize against real-field conditions — the crop has, thus far, only
been tested in glasshouse and cabinet conditions.
However, if the team’s maize proves itself hardy enough to survive
farmland, it could pave the way for further C4 crop species to receive the same
treatment.
The paper “Overexpression of Rubisco subunits with RAF1 increases
Rubisco content in maize” has been published in the journal Nature Plants.
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Scientists try seawater to save Europe's rice from
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The boundless rice fields of the Ebro Delta: more than 90,000 tons of famous Catalan rice are grown here every year. Global demand is rising, but the threats are expanding as well: from the changing climate to pest infestations. How do we protect European rice from the creeping threat?
This fearless journalist confronted a wild snail with his bare arms
explaining the international research effort to stop this invasive species from
devouring Europe's rice fields. 
Coming up this season in #Futuris!
Brought from South America as a seemingly harmless mollusc to decorate
aquariums, the South American Apple snail is now plaguing rice paddies, rivers
and wetlands. They eat young rice plants, cutting the stem at the base. Each
snail can destroy a square metre of field overnight — and with no local predators,
they multiply fast.Coming up this season in #Futuris!
Exponential progression of #InvasiveSpecies
#AppleSnail
in the Ebro Delta: from 850 adults in 2015 to 7.000 in 2016! Specimen by @Paleoymas
"We need to slow down its spreading as much as possible. This is a
plague that will be difficult to eradicate, that we must learn to live with,
and we should use all possible means to prevent it from spreading," says
the manager of the Cámara rice cooperative Miguel Ángel Vivas.Researchers are working with farmers desperate to find a solution. Pesticides would harm shellfish, also produced in this area. But a safer snail-killing chemical is just nearby: sea water.
"Depending on the individual location, some approaches can be better than others. In certain areas it can be more economical, more efficient, more environmentally sustainable to use salt water, flooding the paddies with sea water," says Rice Agronomist at the Agrofood Technology Research Institute, Maria Del Mar Catalá Forner.
Unfortunately salt harms the local rice as well. Climate change is increasing soil salinity in many regions, making rice paddies less productive.
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"Here we have a cross between this Asian rice variety and an elite Spanish variety. We can see that the hybrid has coffee-brown coloured grains, ripe and ready to be processed. We’re trying to demonstrate a transfer of Asian salinity tolerance to the Spanish strains, so that they acquire the resistance while at the same time preserving the productivity that the Asian strain lacks," says Plant physiologist at the University of Barcelona Camilo López Cristoffanini.
The hybrid rice sprouts are then grown in salty water and thoroughly studied to make sure that they are sufficiently productive.
"What we see here is that some of our crosses between Asian and European varieties do indeed tolerate salinity. That makes them very interesting. The field tests should prove that they're preserving the productivity of European strains. And we can already see that they have inherited Asian salt tolerance, so they’re ready to face climate change," says Cristoffanini.
We had to start very early this morning to see European rice varieties crossed
with
Back near the seashore, new rice varieties are grown in the test field. Researchers are using wireless sensors that constantly measure water salinity to ensure the results are accurate.
"The soil salinisation isn’t just a local problem here in the Ebro Delta, it’s affecting the whole Mediterranean region, all of Europe. In fact, it’s a global issue. And concerning the apple snail, the question for our project is not whether it will reach France or Italy — the question is when. Because if we do nothing, we can be certain that this will happen," says NEURICE project manager and Plant biologist at the University of Barcelona, Xavier Serrat.
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Rice Prices Climb despite September 0.18% Deflation
MONDAY, 01 OCTOBER, 2018 | 21:14 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The
Central Statistics Agency (BPS) noted there was a 0.18 percent deflation in
September 2018 compared to the previous month. Nevertheless, some commodity
groups are still experiencing price hikes albeit with a thin margin.
"Rice prices
are up 0.9 percent. But because the increase is less than one percent, we don’t
highlight it as it only has 0.01 percent impact on inflation," BPS chief
Suhariyanto said here on Monday, October 1.
Based on their analysis in 82
cities, the BPS said that most commodity prices declined in September, leading
to the 0.18 percent deflation. The Consumer Price Index thus slipped from
134.07 in August to 133.83 in September.
With September's deflation, the
year-to-date inflation rate dropped to 1.94 percent. Meanwhile, the
year-on-year inflation is 2.88 percent.
With Bulog's rice stock
volume at some 2.4 million tons, Suhariyanto believes that rice prices will
remain stable.
https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018/10/01/056922141/Rice-Prices-Climb-despite-September-018-Deflation
High Court
seeks details of PDS rice smuggling
CHENNAI , OCTOBER 02, 2018 01:00 IST
The Madras High Court on Monday called for
details from the State government on the gravity of the recurring offence of
smuggling rice meant for the public distribution system (PDS) and the positive
action taken by the government in the last 10 years to arrest the trend.
A Division Bench of Justices N.
Kirubakaran and P. Rajamanickam wanted to know the number of PDS rice smuggling
cases registered.
Last
decade
They also sought details regarding the
volume of rice seized from the smugglers and the quantum of loss caused to the
exchequer due to such smuggling activities in the last 10 years. They directed
an Additional Public Prosecutor to submit by October 22, the year-wise details
of the information sought by them.
The direction was issued while hearing a
habeas corpus plea challenging the detention of an individual under the
Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential
Commodities Act of 1980.
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CREEPING THREAT
| October 1, 2018 | Entertainment |
The
vast rice fields of the Ebro Delta: are grown here every year more than 90
thousand tons of the famous Catalan rice. Global demand is growing, but
increases the scale of problems, from changing climate to pests bred. How to
protect the European rice from the creeping threat?
This
seemingly harmless mollusk came here from South America and has now become a
real scourge of the local rice fields, rivers and swamps. Apple snails are
eating the rice shoots, Podgrusha stems at the base. One such snail is able
during the night to destroy a square meter of rice fields – and in the absence
of natural predators they multiply rapidly.
Is it
possible to slow their spread, says a local farmer. – It’s like a plague that
is hard to eradicate, we will have to adapt to it and do everything possible to
prevent its spread.
To help
the farmers find themselves in a desperate situation, came the researchers.
Applying pesticides is prohibited, since there are bred oysters. But there is a
safer chemical that is deadly to snails: sea water.
Depending
on the specific location, you can use these or other approaches, explains
agronomist IRTA Maria del Mar Catala Forner. – The use of sea water in rice
fields can in some cases be the most economical, efficient and environmentally
sound method of pest control.
But
salt is harmful to local varieties of rice. Due to climatic changes in salinity
of soil in many regions is increasing, leading to a drop in yield of rice
plantations. In an effort to solve both problems – salinization and invasion of
snails – biologists derive salt-tolerant rice.
We
crossed different varieties of rice – Asian and local Spanish, says Kamio Lopez
Cristofani, an employee of the University of Barcelona. – The resulting hybrid
grain coffee brown, they are ripe and ready to be processed. We are trying to
transfer Spanish rice biological resistance to salt, typical of Asian
varieties. Our goal is to bring the rice that by purchasing this stability,
retain their high productivity.
In this
experimental greenhouse, scientists from rice flowers and remove the stamens,
and then artificially pollinate the remaining pistils with pollen of another variety
to bring the hybrid. Work is carried out in the framework of the European
research project NEURICE. Then, hybrid rice shoots grown in salt water and
carefully studying on the subject of productivity.
– Here
we see that some hybrids of Asian and European varieties really are resistant
to salinity. They are of great interest. Field testing will show whether they
are yielding European varieties. But we already know that they inherited the
Asian salt resistance, therefore will be able to combat climate change.
Through
such experiments, going to Spain, France and Italy, farmers in these countries
will be able to obtain salt-tolerant and high-yielding varieties of rice.
New
varieties already grown in this experimental field near the shore. Data on the
salinity of water is constantly transferred from wireless sensors, providing
reliable results.
– Soil
salinity is not a local problem in the Delta of the river Ebro, it concerns the
entire Mediterranean region, whole Europe. In fact it is a global problem. As for
snails, the question is not whether they will get to France or Italy, and when
it happens. They will definitely get there – if we do not act.
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Exporters Association Of Pakistan (REAP) Asks Govt To Provide Facilities For
Boosting Rice Exports
Rice
Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has asked government to provide
facilities for boosting rice exports.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Oct, 2018
) :Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP)
has asked government to provide
facilities for boosting rice exports.
In a statement from Lahore, the newly elected Chairman
of the Association, Safdar Hussain said that there is a huge demand for Pakistani rice and its exports can be raised
considerably if government cooperates in this
regard, Radio Pakistan reported.
He said that he will take all measures for solution of
rice exporters' problems.
New rice battleground
Being elbowed out of traditional markets by India is not a new
circumstance for Pakistan. The latest red flag is raised by China removing
phytosanitary restrictions that prevented non-Basmati rice imports from India.
It has been fairly accepted by
all corners that the Pakistan-China FTA has not been in the best interests of
the country. However, while the trade agreement has been a driving force in
creating the $9.7 billion trade deficit, the simple fact of the matter is that
Pakistan’s resource based goods cannot offset Chinese value added imports. The
only stance that trade agreement negotiators can take is for unilateral
concessions with Pakistan getting preferential access that has been eroded away
because of China Asean trade agreement. (For more information read “Pakistan-China FTA farce”,
published on September 22, 2017)
Rice is a particular bone of contention because it is an export
that can be increased manifold, if not for the tariff constraints. The nearly
$2 billion rice market of China is dominated by Asean countries since the 33.7
percent tariff levied on their imports is nearly half of the 65 percent custom
duty faced by Pakistan’s exporters. If Pakistan was to be given similar
preferential tariffs, current exports of $124 million could grow fairly easily.
Recall that China is not a Basmati rice eating country. China
had given Indian basmati rice access but banned all other varieties based on
phytosanitary requirements. However, this protocol was amended during Modi’s
visit to China earlier this year. Since there is limited demand for Basmati
rice, Pakistan was the only major non-Asean rice supplier. This can change as
the amended protocol allows Indian non-Basmati rice imports, the first of which
will be exported this year.
India and Pakistan face the same tariff on rice imports
therefore going forward, the rival countries have a new battleground to butt
heads in. At $7 billion exports in 2017, it is needless to say that India is a
much bigger rice producer and exporter compared to Pakistan’s $1.6 billion.
UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UK, USA, and Australia are some of the other
destinations that Pakistan and India compete with each other in the rice arena.
As per a 2010 TDAP report, India is ahead of Pakistan in all these markets.
If the Pak-China FTA is not renegotiated to allow for better
tariff access, it is possible that Pakistan will lose one of its biggest rice
markets to India. Given the importance of rice in Pakistan’s export basket and
the incumbent government’s aspirations for $27 billion exports, increased
Indian access to Chinese market may put a crimp in national plans.
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Estimated Year: 2018
Forecast Year 2018 to 2025
For the data information by region, company, type and application, 2017 is considered as the base year. Whenever data information was unavailable for the base year, the prior year has been considered.
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Base Years: 2017
Estimated Year: 2018
Forecast Year 2018 to 2025
For the data information by region, company, type and application, 2017 is considered as the base year. Whenever data information was unavailable for the base year, the prior year has been considered.
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Global Fortified Rice Market 2018 Cargill Incorporated, Bunge Limited, Bühler AG, BASF SE, General Mills
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