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RICE NEWS ROUNDUP

China's rice imports continue to grow
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. - Rice imports by China are expected to set a new record in 2015, surpassing 2014 levels by 200,000
tonnes and marking the fourth consecutive year of record imports,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service
said on Feb. 23.
Rice imports surged in 2012 to more than seven times the average
ter. China remains the world's largest rice producer and consumer,
Until recently, it was typically a net rice exporter.
In 2012, China surpassed Nigeria to become the world's largest
rice importer. Vietnam and Burma are the largest suppliers of rice

to China, along with Pakistan and Thailand. The U.S. is currently
unable to ship rice to China due to ongoing disagreements over phytosanitary issues.
China's record imports are not due to a short crop or tight supplies, but are the result of much lower prices for imported rice than
for domestic rice, and continued growth in use partly due to an
increasing population.
As the world's largest rice consumer, even small dietary shifts can
have a large effect on the supplies needed to meet consumer demand,
and China is increasingly turning to the world market to feed its appetite not only for staple commodities such as rice, but also fruits,
vegetables, meat and other consumer-oriented products.

Vietnam's Hau Giang rice market fares well
HAU GIANG, VIETNAM - The Mekong Delta province of Hau
Giang, Vietnam, saw a 5% to 10% rise in the price of rice thanks to
national stockpile purchases, said Nguyen Van Tham, deputy director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
prise under the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), the province also
devised incentives to encourage traders from other localities to join
the movement.Hau Giang's 2014-15 winter-spring crops are expected to produce 560,000 tonnes of un-husked rice, 30,000 tonnes of

which is scheduled to be purchased by the province.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,
the total output of the Mekong Delta's winter-spring 2014-2015
crops are expected to reach 11.3 million tonnes of un-husked rice,
707,000 tonnes in the rice inventory from last year, bringing the total
commercial rice stock to around 5 million tonnes.
Rice export is estimated to amount to only 1.4 million tonnes in

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