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The Japanese government is considering expanding tariff-free imports of U.S.-grown rice as part of negotiations over higher levies imposed by Washington, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

MOSCOW. April 21 (Interfax) - Russia will extend its ban exports of paddy rice for the period from July 1, 2025 until the end of the year.

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman stated that Malaysia has shown

Indonesia dominates Myanmar’s rice exports with over 605,000 tonnes, outpacing China and other major importers in the financial year 2024-2025.

The National Food Authority (NFA) on Tuesday said it has grown its rice buffer stock to its highest level in five years.

A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal has raised serious concerns about how climate change may significantly increase arsenic levels in rice by 2050

Nigerians may see relief in the prices of foreign parboiled rice on the back of a global glut occurring in major producing countries.

TOKYO -- Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise for 15 consecutive weeks despite the release of crops stockpiled by the government.

Dhaka is importing the cereal at cheaper rates and exporting aroma rice to undercut New Delhi’s specialty rice, they argue

Surging rice prices in Japan have opened a rare window of opportunity for South Korean producers to export the staple food to the country.

Senatorial candidate and ACT-CIS party-list Representative Erwin Tulfo on Sunday called for the restoration of the National Food Authority’s mandate to purchase palay from local farmers and sell rice at more affordable prices.

Japan’s consumer inflation picked up last month, bolstered in part by surging rice prices, supporting the central bank’s stance on a gradual rate hike path before US tariff measures clouded the economic outlook.

RANGPUR, April 18, 2025 (BSS) - Farmers in Rangpur agricultural region are expecting a super bumper Boro rice harvest this season

Despite Trump’s claims of a 700 per cent levy on rice, the US accounts for 60 per cent of Japan’s tariff-free import limits of the staple

Tainan’s Houbi farmers fear zero-tariff trade talks with the U.S. could flood Taiwan with cheaper rice

After successfully piloting 12,500 tonnes of rice export to the Philippines last month, the Telangana Government now sees a bigger export opportunity.

A Japanese government panel on Tuesday proposed diverting more tariff-free imported rice to human consumption rather than using it for animal feed or other purposes