Pakistan’s Basmati crop has largely survived recent floods, with only about 10% of Punjab’s fields affected. Expanded planting and favorable weather mitigated...
Pakistan plans its first pilot freight train to Russia, carrying 16 rice containers via Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. The overland route, spanning...
Thailand’s rice exports fell 16.9% in August to 739,497 tonnes, with total exports for January–August down 24.1% year-on-year. Export value dropped 30%...
The Department of Agriculture is monitoring potential damage from Typhoon Opong, which may have impacted crops more severely than previous storms. Farmers...
India is set to harvest a record rice crop of over 145 million tonnes in 2025, driven by favorable weather, irrigation investments,...
The Indian government has introduced mandatory contract registration for non-basmati rice exports, with a nominal fee of ₹8 per tonne to promote...
From January to August 2025, Pakistan’s rice exports to China surged 68.5% to USD 44.31 million, led by semi- and wholly-milled rice....
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry aims to accelerate the sale of 280,000 tonnes of rice to China under a G2G deal and proposed raising...
The European Union has officially recognized long-grain aromatic rice from Pakistan’s Sindh province as basmati, granting import approval. This decision challenges India’s...