Loading rice for export at Saigon Port (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) Notably, Jasmine rice price is now at 565-570 USD per tonne, 65-70 USD per tonne higher compared to three weeks earlier.
At the same time, Vietnam’s 5-percent broken rice is sold at 410-420 USD per tonne, up 35-45 USD per tonne, while the price of 25-percent broken rice also rises 25-30USD per tonne to 370-375 USD per tonne. In the world market, Vietnamese rice price is only lower than Thai rice’s.
In the domestic market, rice prices of all kind also increased over 1,000 VND per kilo averagely.
Nguyen Van Don, Director of Viet Hung Company in the Mekong Delta province of TienGiang, said the demand for Jasmine rice has surged recently, while the supply of the rice is low and some farmers are still waiting for higher price before selling their rice.
Many businesses attributed the recovery in both markets to the increased consumption in the world. Recent information on some countries’ demand to import Vietnamese rice also heat the domestic market.
Particularly, Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding on rice trade and announced its demand of importing 250,000-300,000 tonnes of Vietnam’s 5-percent broken rice in the coming time and about 500,000 tonnes for the whole year, while the Philippines also revealed its plan to buy 250,000 tonnes of rice in June and July.
According to the Vietnam Food Association, Vietnam suffered a drop in rice export in the first five months of this year. However, the export has recovered since May with rise of 27.3 percent in volume and 24 percent in value in May.-VNA
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