China was the country’s leading rice export markets in the period with 1.8 million tons worth of $ 802.92 million, up by 52 per cent in quantity and over 49 per cent in value over the same period last year and accounted for 39 per cent of the total. The average rice export price in the period was at $ 447.3 per ton, down by 1.6 per cent year – on – year.

It was followed by the Philippines with 494,516 tons worth of $ 196.45 million, up by 153 per cent in quantity and over 135 per cent in value over the same period last year. And then Malaysia – 420,302 tons worth of $ 163.56 million, up by 108 per cent in quantity and 87 per cent in value.

The exports of rice to the South East Asian countries increased by 29 per cent in quantity and 22 per cent in value to 1.02 million tons worth of $ 409.71 million.

Especially, the country’s exports of rice to Senegal rocketed by 209 folds in quantity and 105 folds in value year – on – year in the first nine months of this year to 24,463 tons worth of $ 8 million.

The exports of rice to Iraq also increased by 63 folds in quantity and 71 per cent in value; to Algeria – up by 336 per cent in quantity and 333 per cent in value; to Russia – up by 64 per cent in quantity and 59 per cent in value; to Ukraine – up by 88 per cent in quantity and 93 per cent in value. 

However, the exports of rice to Indonesia, South Africa, Poland and Turkey decreased by 60 to 95 per cent compared with the same period of 2016.