Vietnam wins bid to supply rice to Philippines
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam has won a bid to supply 130,000 tonnes of rice to
the Philippines after the National Food Authority (NFA)’s auction on
importing 250,000 tonnes.
The remaining 120,000 tonnes will be supplied by Thai
producers.
According to NFA, Vietnam will supply 50,000 tonnes of
15 percent broken rice to the Philippines at 526.5 USD per tonne and
80,000 tonnes of 25 percent broken rice at 517.5 USD per tonne.
Vietnamese and Thai enterprises will deliver 100,000 tonnes
of 25 percent broken rice from now until May 31. The deadline for the
supply of rice from Vietnam and Thailand is May 16 for 25 percent
broken rice and June 30 for 15 percent broken rice.
NFA said it would open another auction on importing rice on May 22.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam’s
rice export value in the first four months reached 1.092 billion USD, a year-on-year
increase of 38.3 percent. This result was possible in the beginning of the year
when Vietnam won contracts to export rice to large markets.
Indonesia opened two auctions on importing rice in the
first quarter of 2018 after two years. The first auction was in January, where Vietnam
won a bid to supply 141,000 tonnes. In the second auction in April, the country
won an export contract of supplying 300,000 tonnes to Indonesia. Delivery
time for the rice exports is from May to July.
The export value of rice has also increased sharply this year
because of the high demand in China and the Philippines. Iraq is
also emerging as one of the strong importers of Vietnamese rice.
According to the Vietnam Food Association, the export volume
of rice this year is expected to reach some 6.5 million tonnes. Of this, about
2.7 million tonnes will be shipped to China, 800,000 tonnes to the Philippines,
800,000 tonnes to Indonesia, 500,000 tonnes to Malaysia, 200,000 tonnes to Iraq
and 1 million tonnes to Africa.-VNA