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EXCLUSIVE
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December 10, 2014

Vol 4 Issue XII

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News Headlines
Pakistan Rice Sector Urged to Adopt Modern
Technologies to Avoid Losses
Fiji Receives China Support to Boost Rice
Production
Tags: Fiji rice production, Fiji Rice Imports
Global Rice Quotes
Pakistan Rice Sellers Lower Most of Their
Quotes Today; Other Asia Rice Quotes
Unchanged
Thai Government Approves On-Farm Pledging
Program for 2014-15 Main Crop Fragrant and
Glutinous Rice
USDA Post Estimates South Korea Rice
Imports to More Than Double to 560,000 Tons
in MY 2014-15

News Detail
Pakistan Rice Sector Urged to Adopt Modern
Technologies to Avoid Losses
Dec 09, 2014

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Rice experts in Pakistan have stressed for

improved rice quality and modern harvesting
and milling technology in the country,
according to local sources.Speaking at a
national seminar on "Rice quality and head
recovery affected by harvesting/threshing and
milling practices, the Secretary of Pakistan
Agricultural Research Council (PARC) noted
that Pakistan lacks special rice combine
harvesters and most of the farmers have been
using conventional wheat combine harvesters for rice harvesting leading to increased grain
shattering, breakage losses and low head rice recovery.
The National Agricultural Research Council (NARC) Director General added that introduction
of new improved harvesting machines can increase the quality of rice as well as reduce postharvest losses. He noted that PARC has developed newer technologies and the PARC and NARC
are working together to educate and train farmers to adopt those technologies and thereby
increase the quality of rice production and minimize losses. Other speakers noted that poor crop
conditions, traditional drying and storage practices are also leading to low head rice recovery.
They added that paddy harvested by head feeding combines resulted in better head rice
recovery.They suggested for introduction of new and improved rice varieties; introduction of
latest head feeding combines; installation of rice kits on conventional wheat combines;
introduction of modern threshers and mechanical dryers; and a legislation directing farmers to
reduce moisture content.
Tags: Pakistan rice sector, Pakistan rice production, harvesters, dryers

Fiji Receives China Support to Boost Rice

Production
Dec 09, 2014

Fiji's Agriculture Ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese
government to provide a boost to the government's Rice Revitalization Program, according to
local sources.According to the MOU, the China Shandong International Economic and Technical
Cooperation Group Limited (CSI) and the Yuan Longping HighTech Agriculture Company
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Limited will provide technical support to the Fijian government and help it increase local rice
production.
Fiji's Agriculture Permanent Secretary told local
sources that the MoU would help the government
significantly reduce the annual import bill of
around $40 million. He noted that most of the rice
fields in Fiji fall under economic depressed zones,
which are far from markets. There is a need to
develop those zones and convert them into
production and commercial areas in order to
increase our local rice production, he added.The
CSI Deputy Manager noted that they will
introduce newer technology to farmers as well as train them to use it and boost rice production.
He added that their aim is to increase the paddy per hectare yield from the current 2.5 tons to
over 8 tons.The Chinese government has approved $10 million for the purpose and the project
will commence from January 2015 through December 2016. The Fijian government has already
identified some lands for implementing the project.Fiji is a net importer of rice and imports about
70% of its rice consumption needs of around 44,000 tons annually. Fiji imports rice majorly
from Thailand and India.
Tags: Fiji rice production, Fiji Rice Imports

Global Rice Quotes

December 9th, 2014
Long grain white rice - high quality
Thailand 100% B grade
415-425
Vietnam 5% broken 385-395

India 5% broken
395-405

Pakistan 5% broken 375-385

Cambodia 5% broken 460-470

U.S. 4% broken
540-550

Uruguay 5% broken 595-605

Argentina 5% broken 595-605

Long grain white rice - low quality

Thailand 25% broken NQ

Vietnam 25% broken 355-365

Pakistan 25% broken 335-345

Cambodia 25% broken

NQ

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India 25% broken

U.S. 15% broken

355-365
515-525

Long grain parboiled rice

Thailand parboiled 100% stxd
400-410
Pakistan parboiled 5% broken stxd 410-420
India parboiled 5% broken stxd
380-390
U.S. parboiled 4% broken
580-590

Brazil parboiled 5% broken 570-580

Uruguay parboiled 5% broken

NQ

Long grain fragrant rice

Thailand Hommali 92%
915-925
Vietnam Jasmine
525-535

India basmati 2% broken

NQ

Pakistan basmati 2% broken NQ

Cambodia Phka Malis

825-835
Brokens
Thailand A1 Super 330-340

Vietnam 100% broken

325-335
Pakistan 100% broken stxd 290-300
Cambodia A1 Super NQ

India 100% Broken stxd

300-310
Egypt medium grain brokens NQ

U.S. pet food 445-455

Brazil half grain

NQ

All prices USD per ton, FOB vessel, oryza.com

Pakistan Rice Sellers Lower Most of Their

Quotes Today; Other Asia Rice Quotes
Unchanged
Dec 09, 2014

Pakistan rice sellers lowered most of their quotes by about $5 - $10 per ton today. Other Asia
rice sellers kept their quotes mostly unchanged.

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5% Broken Rice
Thailand 5% rice is quoted at around $400 - $410 per ton, about $15 per ton premium on
Vietnam 5% rice shown at around $385 - $395 per ton. India 5% rice is quoted at around $395 $405 per ton, about $20 per ton premium on Pakistan 5% rice quoted at around $375 - $385 per
ton, down about $5 per ton from yesterday.
25% Broken Rice
Thailand 25% rice was last quoted at around $350 - $360 per ton, about $5 per ton discount to
Vietnam 25% rice shown at around $355 - $365 per ton. India 25% rice is quoted at around $355
- $365, about $20 per ton premium on Pakistan 25% rice quoted at around $335 - $345 per ton,
down about $5 per ton from yesterday.
Parboiled Rice
Thailand parboiled rice is quoted at around $400 - $410 per ton. India parboiled rice is quoted at
around $380 - $390 per ton, about $30 per ton discount to Pakistan parboiled rice quoted at
around $410 - $420 per ton, down about $10 per ton from yesterday.
100% Broken Rice
Thailand broken rice, A1 Super, is quoted at around $330 - $340 per ton, about $5 per ton
premium on Vietnam 100% broken rice shown at around $325 - $335 per ton. India's 100%
broken rice is shown at around $300 - $310 per ton, about $10 per ton premium on Pakistan
broken sortexed rice quoted at around $290 - $300 per ton, down about $10 per ton from
yesterday.
Tags: pakistan rice prices, India rice prices, Vietnam rice prices, Thailand rice prices

Thai Government Approves On-Farm

Pledging Program for 2014-15 Main Crop
Fragrant and Glutinous Rice
Dec 09, 2014

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The Rice Policy and Management Committee, headed by the Thai Prime Minister, has approved the onfarm pledging program for 2014-15 (October 2014 - September 2015) paddy main-crop fragrant and
glutinous rice on November 5, 2014, to limit downward pressure on prices during the harvest time,
according to USDA Post.The program is called Farmer Loans to Delay the Sales of Rice Paddy for
MY2014/15 Main-Crop Fragrant and Glutinous Rice Paddy and is open till February 2015. The
government expects to collect around 2 million tons of rice paddy under the program due to high
intervention prices.The government is planning to buy fragrant rice paddy at prices about 23% higher than
market prices and glutinous rice paddy at prices about 41% higher than market prices and auction the
collected rice in after February 2015 when the program ends. The government is expected to spend about
29 billion baht (around $921 million) on the program. The Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural
Cooperatives (BAAC) will provide interest-free loans for farmers participating in the program.The
program is in line with the government's plan to delay sale of around 2 million tons of rice to control price
falls in the harvest season.The Post forecasts Thailand to export around 10.5 million tons of rice in 2014
and around 11 million tons in 2015. It expects Thai rice prices to remain competitive for the remaining
period of 2014 due to large main-crop supplies of white and fragrant rice. Thailand exported around 1.2
million tons of rice in October 2014, up about 59% from around 754,717 tons exported during the same
period last year, according to data from Thai Customs Department.USDA Post estimates Thailand 201415 paddy rice production at around 30.5 million tons (around 20.8 million tons, basis milled) from around
11.39 million hectares of rice area.

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USDA Post Estimates South Korea Rice

Imports to More Than Double to 560,000
Tons in MY 2014-15
Dec 09, 2014

USDA
Post
has
forecasted
South
Korea's rice imports
to more than double to
around 560,000 tons
in
MY
2014-15
(November - October)
from an estimated
240,000 tons last year,
and up about 37%
from USDA's official
estimates of around
410,000
tons.The
South
Korean
government
has
decided to open its
rice import market
and impose tariffs of about 513% on imports over and above its minimum market access (MMA)
quota of about 409,000 tons under WTO regulations. Imports under the MMA quota would
attract a tariff of 5%. However, the move is opposed by farmers and civic groups saying the
move would demean the local rice sector.The Post estimates South Korea's MY 2014-15 milled
rice production at around 4.24 million tons, slightly up from an estimated 4.23 million tons last
year; and about 1.4% up from USDA's official estimates of around 4.18 million tons due to
continued favorable weather conditions until the completion of the harvest.However, South
Korea's rice acreage is expected to decline about 2% to around 816,000 hectares in MY 2014-15
from an estimated 833,000 hectares last year due to conversion of some agricultural land to
develop commercial complexes.
Tags: South Korea rice imports, South Korea rice production

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