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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

Nigeria has emerged as Africa’s top rice producer, yielding 8.7 million tonnes last year, according to a new report by IndexBox.

The record-setting import of this staple food highlights a growing problem in relying on external suppliers to meet basic nutritional needs

VOV.VN – The Vietnam Trade Office in the Philippines has forecast that the Philippines’ rice import demand this year will remain high and Vietnam will continue to be its leading rice exporter.

Japan's rice prices rose to a record average of 4,214 yen per 5 kilograms, more than double the level a year earlier

"Rice is everything" in Japan, according to Firstpost, but consumers are facing a crisis: the country is running out of supplies and the price is rocketing.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Pakistani wheat production is expected to drop 13% from last season’s record production due to a decrease in area and dry weather