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KAKINADA: Civil supplies minister Nadendla Manohar said the state government has seized 26,000 metric tonnes of rice belonging to the public distribution system (PDS) at the Kakinada Port from consignments meant for exports. He spoke to media along with district collector S. Shanmohan and Kakinada MLA Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao after reviewing issues related to export of rice from Kakinada Port with representatives of shipping trade Tuesday.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially begun the implementation of zero per cent import duty and exemption of value-added tax (VAT) on selected basic food items, following a directive from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 

THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) expects the implementation of rice tariff cuts to hurt its revenue collection this year, its chief said.

Cambodia exported a total of 379,546 tonnes of milled rice in the first seven months of 2024, earning a revenue of $280 million, the Cambodia Rice Federation said in a news release on Monday.

THE Philippines could import less rice this year as its purchases of the commodity have slowed, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Myanmar court on Monday sentenced a Japanese executive from the local unit of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co to one year in prison for violating rice price controls, Kyodo news agency reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.

More rice breeds suitable for Nigeria’s farming ecosystems are needed to increase the estimated national rice production figure of 7.7 million tonnes.

PRICES of rice in Cebu City have been decreasing recently, but not for long as there is a looming price increase due to supply availability.

The increase in paddy sowing and comfortable buffer stocks have eased concerns of rice shortages. According to Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand, plentiful rains in key agricultural states may raise rice production further.

Major rice-producing states of West Bengal and Bihar, with lowest reservoir levels compared to normal, had a 7.3 percent and 4.8 percent lower rice acreage

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS): India exported non-basmati rice worth $ 122.7 million during April-May in the current financial year. The government is closely monitoring the production, availability and export situation to assess suitable policy intervention, as per Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada's written reply to the Lok Sabha.

The Federal Government has concluded plans to sell a 50kg bag of rice at N40,000 to public servants with a view to alleviating the food crisis in the nation and its effects on Nigerians.

PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has expressed disappointment with public agencies and individual traders exploiting farmers by manipulating measurements and underpaying them.

MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Thursday the arrival of more than 101,000 metric tons (MT) of imported rice as of July 25.

The Supreme Court requested responses on a plea by Rika Global Impex Ltd. challenging bans on exporting non-basmati white rice.

ALTHOUGH thousands of metric tons of imported rice at lower tariffs have already arrived in the Philippines, consumers still don’t feel a “drop in market prices”.

Basmati rice usually fetches higher returns, requires less water, and being a short duration variety of rice, it can be sown late — these factors attract farmers in Punjab and neighbouring Haryana to sow the premium rice variety