Asia Rice-India prices climb on Bangladesh demand; Thailand-Vietnam markets muted
Friday, December 15,2017AsemconnectVietnam - Rice prices in India jumped this week, helped by strengthening demand from Bangladesh, while markets in Thailand and Vietnam remained relatively quiet with lacklustre demand ahead of upcoming year-end holidays.
Bangladesh, which has emerged as a major importer of the grain this year after floods damaged its crops, will import 150,000 tonnes of rice from India in a state deal priced at $440 a tonne, two food ministry officials said last week. Meanwhile, India's paddy rice supply from new season crop has started rising, but aggressive government buying has been keeping prices firm, exporters said.
The appreciating rupee also forces exporters to raise prices for overseas buyers, said another exporter based in Kakinada. A stronger rupee trims exporters' returns.
"As it is approaching the end of the year, buyers are not active at the moment," said a Bangkok-based trader.
Traders remain hopeful as the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council is to resume gradual political engagement with Thailand, and there are possibilities for resuming talks on an EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
"If the EU-Thailand FTA materialises, this should help boost Thai rice exports to the EU a bit. However, the EU isn't currently a big buyer of Thai rice," said the Bangkok-based trader.
Traders said some private importers from Philippines have approached Vietnamese traders for rice deal talks, as Philippines' National Food Authority approved their import quotas under the country's Minimum Access Volume 2017 programme.
However, another trader said buyers would wait for fresh supply and better offers when the major winter-spring crop season completes in February.
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