Daily Archives: March 16, 2012

Thailand – Thai rice exports plummet 41.6% year-on-year

Source: The China Post06/03/2012 – The Thai Rice Exporters Association reported that as of Feb. 23, export volume for the month was 465,081 tons, down 41.6 percent from the same period last year. Exports at the end of the month are expected to reach 586,400 tons thanks to higher demand from Nigeria to make up for…

Thailand – Rice exports drop under new scheme

Source: Bangkok Post05/03/2012 – Rice exports have declined this year as a result of the rice mortgage scheme implemented by the Pheu Thai Party-led government, a seminar organised by the Democrat Party was told yesterday.

India – India emerges as a top rice exporter

Source: Voice of America29/02/2012 – Five months after lifting a ban on exports of cheaper varieties of rice, India has emerged as one of the world’s top rice exporters. That has helped stabilize prices around the world, even as the cost goes up in traditional exporting nations like Thailand. 

Japan – Ministry OK’s rice planting in areas over cesium limit

Source: The Daily Yomiuri29/02/2012 – The agriculture ministry has announced it will conditionally permit rice planting this year in municipalities where radioactive cesium contained in last year’s harvests was found to be from 100 becquerels to 500 becquerels per kilogram.