Cambodia Rice News: Cambodia plans rice exports to Indonesia

Cambodia plans rice exports to Indonesia

Plans to export 100,000 tonnes of milled rice to the Indonesian state-owned firm Bulog have been announced in what industry leaders said would be a lucrative market for the Kingdom’s rice sector.

The Indonesian commerce minister and his Cambodian counterpart would sign a memorandum of understanding paving the way for state-owned-rice exporter Green Trade to export by August, Green Trade director Thon Virak said.

Thon Virak also said he had received an MoU from the Philippine government yesterday, but declined to give further details.

“They have sent us a draft of the MoU and we have agreed in principle. We are waiting to set the exact date to sign the MoU,” he said.

Source: Phnompenhpost/28June2012

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Cambodia Rice News: Rice millers to increase capital

Rice millers to increase capital

Cambodian rice millers will increase their capital to purchase unmilled rice this season as bankers agreed to provide more loans, insiders said on Monday.

Baitong will increase its capital to purchase up to 140,000 tonnes of fragrant unmilled rice, compared to last year’s 70,000 tonnes said Phou Puy, president of the Federation of Rice Millers Associations and the Baitong Rice Export Company.

Working capital would increase from US$28 million to $50 million this year as fragrant unmilled rice cost $450 per tonne, an increase from $400 per tonne he said.

Acleda Bank will increase loans for the agricultural sector to $200 million, with a total of $1.35 billion over the next year, an increase of $50 million from the year before, In Channy, CEO and president of Acleda Bank, said.

“We have increased loans for this sector because of the royal government’s policies and in order to support this sector,” he said.

“There is no lack of capital, but the most important thing is that rice millers have to have specific financial statements in order for the bank’s officials to grant loans.

“Outside markets are getting bigger and bigger and we have more partners and more orders. We know there are increases in demand, so we have to be prepared,” he said.

The Loran import-export company, which has rice milling operations in Battambang and Kandal provinces, has agreed to buy at least 120,000 tonnes of fragrant unmilled rice after last year when Loran was able to buy only 20,000 tonnes of unmilled rice for processing, President Lim Bunheng said.

Source: Phnompenhpost/28June2012

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Cambodia Rice News: World Rice News: Vietnam Rice Exports Near 3 Million Ton Mark

Vietnam Rice Exports Near 3 Million Ton Mark

Vietnam’s rice exports from the beginning of this calendar year to June, 20, have reached 2.96 million tons, and are likely to cross the 3 million mark by the end of this month.

Vietnam’s rice exports this year are down compared to the record exports of last year, but exports in the last two months have helped stage a significant recovery. Vietnam exported about 1.1 million tons of rice in the three months from January to March 2012 while exports totaled about 1.46 million tons in the two months April and May.

Vietnam is targeting about 6-6.5 million tons of rice exports for the full year, while its target for the first six months of 2012 stands at about 3-3.2 million tons, a target it is likely to reach. The country had exported over 3.78 million tons in the first six months of 2011, and about 3.15 million tons over the same period in 2010.

Source: Oryza/25June2012

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Cambodia Rice News: World Rice News: Vietnam Government Urged to Allow Food Companies Buy, Store Rice

Vietnam Government Urged to Allow Food Companies Buy, Store Rice

Agriculture stakeholders in Vietnam have urged the government to allow food companies to buy and stockpile one million tons of rice from the summer-autumn crop to help farmers get better prices than the low prices prevailing now.

Some agriculture officials say that the government should offer interest-free loans to food companies to buy rice which will eventually arrest the price slide. Viet rice prices have fallen to a three-month low due to anticipation by buyers of a bumper new crop next month. Farmers have said that they lack storage space as last year’s paddy is still occupying their warehouses.

Meanwhile, the Vietnamese government has increased the minimum requirements for rice mills aiming at rice exports. According to rules, rice mills must set up laboratories in the coming months, have grinding and milling capacity of at least 10 tons per hour, and build sanitary facilities for workers.

Local sources said that the Agriculture Ministry wants to reduce the number of rice exporters by about 50% to around 100.

Source: Oryza/22June2012

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Cambodia Rice News: China stalls Cambodia’s first rice exports at border

China stalls Cambodia’s first rice exports at border

Cambodia had made its first direct shipment of rice to China, an official revealed yesterday, but the test run, which was hoped to open the vast Chinese rice market to local exporters, was largely unsuccessful.

Golden Rice Co Ltd shipped 48 tonnes of milled rice to China earlier this year in a test of potential rice trading between the two countries, Sok Hach, the president of the company, said during a discussion on Cambodia’s export sector yesterday.

But the shipment had failed to meet inspection standards after arriving in the southern Chinese port city of Shenzhen, he said.

“It’s not a problem with the quality of Cambodia’s rice. It’s a paperwork problem on the Chinese side,” Sok Hach said on the sidelines of the meeting, held at the ASEAN-EU Business Summit in Phnom Penh.

“There’s something missing between the political level and technical level for the shipment.”

Without politically circumnavigating strict regulations, Cambodian rice had little chance of landing in Chinese bowls, an expert with Cambodia’s Agricultural Development International told the Post last year.

Chinese companies signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Cambodian rice millers last year but the agreements were political, not technical, Sok Hach said.

In mid-2011, Cambodian rice millers Soma Group and TTY Group signed MoUs for 20,000 tonnes of milled rice apiece, but the rice has yet to leave Cambodian ports.

Angkor Rice signed a 1,000-tonne MoU with China National Cereal, Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation in August.

Breaking into the Chinese market for rice had proved more problematic than markets such as the European Union, Sok Hach said.

When the company made a similar trial run for rice exports to Europe two years earlier, no such regulatory problems occurred, he said.

EU demand largely fuelled the Kingdom’s exports last year.

Despite the setback, Sok Hach claimed Cambodia would begin direct shipments to China this year.

“Cambodian rice will flood the Chinese market,” he said.

Source: Phnompenhpost/3Apr2012

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Cambodia Rice News: FAO: World rice harvest forecast to rise in 2012

FAO: World rice harvest forecast to rise in 2012

Bangkok, Thailand, 04 May 2012 -- The world rice harvest for 2012 is expected to surpass the strong showing of 2011 as the erratic climate conditions caused by the La Nina weather phenomenon dissipate and farmers increase their plantings, according to an initial forecast by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in its Rice Market Monitor released on Friday.

Increased harvests FAO is predicting world paddy production of 732.3 million tonnes (488.2 million tonnes on a milled basis) for 2012, a 1.7 percent or 12.3 million tonne increase over its estimate for total production in 2011. Last year’s total was also revised slightly downward in the Rice Market Monitor.

Asia, where rice is the staple food, will be chiefly responsible for the advances in production. Large absolute gains in output are forecast for Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines and, especially, Thailand, which is recovering from last year’s disastrous floods. The outlook is also positive in Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, which have already harvested their main 2012 crops.

An increase in plantings by farmers will drive higher output, although more neutral climatic conditions associated with the end of La Nina will be required to support more bountiful harvests. Worldwide, farmers are expected to up areas under planting for paddy by 1.6 percent to a total of 165.1 million hectares.

Beyond Asia, harvests should rebound in Africa (led by Mali, Senegal and Nigeria), but fall in the European Union, the United States, and in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Rice trade Strong output in Asia, however, also means that the region that consumes the most rice will require fewer imports, and so FAO is forecasting that the global rice trade in 2012 will fall by 900 000 tonnes to 34.3 million tonnes, a decline of 2 percent over the record set in 2011. The decline takes into account an upward revision of 1.5 million tonnes over its initial prediction in January.

Imports are expected to rise, however, in China, Africa, the European Union, North America and Latin America.

Robust production coupled with weaker demand has created downward pressure on international prices, especially after India lifted its ban on regular rice exports.

With prices of competitors far lower, Thailand, is expected to see its sales falling sharply, even though the country is still forecast to retain its position as the leading rice exporter.

Countries such as Australia, Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Viet Nam should capture larger shares of the market as they offer more affordable rice prices.

FAO revised its estimate of world paddy output in 2011 downward by 1.4 million tonnes to a total of 720 million tonnes (480.1 million tonnes of milled rice). Nonetheless, the new figures still represent a 2.5 percent, or 17.7 million tonne, increase over world output for 2010.

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Cambodia Rice: World Rice News: Thailand Rice Exporters Request Immediate Release of Rice Stocks

Thailand Rice Exporters Request Immediate Release of Rice Stocks

Thai rice exporters have urged the government to release rice stocks immediately in transparent bids as their own stocks have declined due to the rice mortgage scheme.

Exporters say that the government rice mortgage scheme has swelled government stockpiles while the rice stocks of local traders and exporters have dipped significantly.

However, it is unlikely that the government will release rice before next month. Yesterday, the Commerce Minister said yesterday that the government is planning to release rice from stockpiles in July, after the phase 2 of the mortgage scheme ends. He also hinted that the government is unaffected by the slump in rice exports because it has struck several government to government deals with several countries.

The Commerce minister revealed that Thailand recently sold 260,000 tons of rice to Côte d'Ivoire and 250,000 tons to Bangladesh, and that Thailand is in talks with the Philippines and Indonesia over rice exports.

Source: Oryza/12June2012

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Cambodia Rice News: Cedac report to help farmers

Cedac report to help farmers

As the rainy season approaches, Cedac, a Cambodian agricultural organisation, is appealing to farmers this week to increase their rice yields, according to a Cedac report directed toward growers.

The report established a six-step order of operations that would ensure increased output during the most intense growing season of the year, Cedac president Yang Saing Koma said yesterday.

The report is hoped to spread a new awareness among farmers, and increase the country’s total rice output, he said, although he admitted most farmers were not yet prepared to start with the process.

Chey Siyat, a farmer in Kampot province, said the instructional report has helped her prepare for growing.

“Readiness for the farming season will enable us to take advantage of the season and get more output,” she said.

Source: Phnompenhpost/11May2012

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Cambodia Rice News: Guinea interested in Cambodian rice

Guinea interested in Cambodian rice

The Republic of Guinea plans to import 40,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia, Alpha Condé, the president of the West African nation, said during a recent visit to the Kingdom.

The two countries will also look to follow up on agricultural technology co-operation agreed on in 2008, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s adviser Eang Sophallet.

No official agreement was signed for milled rice, but Condé said he wanted to push the deal through soon, according to the adviser.

An agreement for agricultural co-operation between Cambodia and Guinea was never followed through on, but the visit was hoped to expedite the co-operation.

“[Our] two countries signed an agreement in 2008 for co-operation, especially on agricultural cooperation.

But Guinea has not implemented it.

This visit will encourage even more firm and active cooperation on agricultural issues. It will be win-win for both countries,” Eang Sophallet said.

Potential rice trade with small nations such as Guinea is refreshing news for Cambodian millers.

The country is attempting to diversify away from reliance on Europe and the United States to buy its exports.

Cambodia has discussed agricultural exchanges with other countries such as Pakistan.

Source: Phnompenhpost/28May2012

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Cambodia Rice News: Rice industry calls for help

Rice industry calls for help

Milled-rice exporters have called on the government to continue its efforts in reducing electricity and transportation costs, two of the main obstacles facing the government’s goal of exporting 1 million tonnes of milled rice by 2015.

At a working group on rice exports on Friday, 40 of the Kingdom’s millers and exporters looked to the government for more support on what they said is holding the industry back.

“As exporters, we definitely want to meet the government’s goal. But we can’t do it unless we try to work these issues out together,” chairman of both the working group and of Loran Import-Export Co Lim Bun Heng said at the meeting.

High production costs in Cambodia, which included the costs of milling, put a burden on export markets, he said, adding that shipping cost per container were up to US$60 higher than neighbouring rice producers.

Kim Savuth, managing director of Khmer Food, pointed to Electricite du Cambodge as a possible catalyst in reducing power prices. “Electricite du Cambodge should think about helping the local producers.

They should not only try to make their own profits,” he said. “I want our production cost down so we can be much more competitive and still make a profit.”

The government has already made progress in relieving the agricultural sector of some costs, Phouy Puy, president of the Cambodia Millers Associations and president of Baitong Co, said.

The government has helped facilitate exports by reducing unnecessary fees and speeding up paperwork, although the issues still constrain the industry.

Phouy Puy called on exporters to co-operate on strengthening production capacity and raising the quality of the rice.

Lim Bun Heng estimated that Cambodia has exported about 60,000 tonnes of milled rice to the global market.

Although the government said the country would more than double its rice exports to 400,000 tonnes this year, experts have expressed misgivings about the figure as exports to Europe, Cambodia’s primary buyer, declined at the beginning of the year.

Source: Phnompenhpost/11June2012

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Cambodia Rice: World Rice News: Philippines Agrees to $400 per Ton Price for 100,000 Tons of Vietnam Rice

Philippines Agrees to $400 per Ton Price for 100,000 Tons of Vietnam Rice

The Philippines’ rice buying agency, the National Food Authority (NFA), has allotted the 100,000 tons rice supply order to Vietnam at a price of $400 per ton.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that the NFA had agreed to import 20,000 tons of rice from Vietnam at $470 per ton. This means that the Philippines will be paying Vietnam a total of $49.4 million for the 120,000 tons rice imports under the government-to-government deal that the NFA was tasked to import.

Viet 5% broken rice is today quoted around $420 per ton while Viet 25% broken rice is shown around $375 per ton, about $175 per ton and $200 per ton below Thai 5% and 25% rice respectively.

NFA officials have said that the $470 per ton was high, and that the $400 per ton is also high considering that it is a government to government deal. However, Philippine sources say the government accepted the price because the only other bidder was Thailand which had quoted much higher prices.

The Philippines has made it a policy to consider applications from only those countries that sign an agreement to prioritize rice supplies to the Philippines. So far, only Thailand and Vietnam have signed the agreement with the Philippines.

The Philippines has targeted a total of 500,000 tons of rice imports in 2012 – including the 120,000 tons government-to-government deal with Vietnam and 380,000 tons via private traders and farmer groups.

Source: Oryza/8June2012

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Cambodia Rice News: Cambodia Port to Build Rice Storage and Processing Facilities

Cambodia Port to Build Rice Storage and Processing Facilities

The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) in Cambodia has stepped in to improve the country’s rice processing facilities to boost rice exports.

PPAP is an international port located in the capital and reachable by road, rail, and river.

PPAP’s director-general said that besides building a storage facility, the port will also buy a rice-polishing machine from China to improve the quality of rice meant for exports.

He said, “Actually, the project is not relevant to our port work, but we want to participate in improving our milled-rice quality, especially helping them to export more.” He added that the facilities are expected to ready within two months.

Cambodian rice traders have long lamented that Cambodian rice is no less in quality than its two neighbors (Thailand and Vietnam) but exports have remained stunted due to poor logistics and processing facilities in the country.

Cambodia is struggling to reach the official target of 400,000 tons for this year due to a rise in logistics and transport costs required to ship rice to its main buyers in the EU.

Source: Oryza/8June2012

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Cambodia Rice News: Rice alliance formed

Rice alliance formed

A new partnership looking to export Cambodian rice to world markets formed yesterday afternoon at Sunway Hotel, with key advisers to the Cambodian government in attendance, including Mey Kalyan and Sok Siphana.

The Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia (ARPEC) elected their first executive committee, which includes office holders Phou Puy, Hann Khieng, Oknha Kong Sang, Sok Cheng, Seng Bunsor, Hun Lak, David Van, Phe Hok Chhoun and Sen Reth.

The ARPEC group brings together “the major stakeholders in the value chain”, according to deputy secretary David Van.

“Now that the officers have been elected to the executive committee, formal registration will take place at the Ministry of the Interior,” Van said.

About two weeks ago on May 16, some of the new export alliance visited the Thai Rice Exporters Association.

Van says the Thai association fully supports the new Cambodian association and will help the new ARPEC develop a relationship with the Vietnam Food Association.

“This is so we can all look at the best possible ways to collaborate between the countries,” Van said.

A few of the ARPEC members had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese provincial authorities to build rice mills round Cambodia with potential capacity of 400,000 tonnes.

“Now we are working on binding terms and conditions in time for the new Chinese leadership to come for the ASEAN summit later this year,” Van said.

“The Chinese, through their own Export-Import Bank, have a special concession agreement made between Chinese President Hu Jintao and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to help Cambodia develop the agriculture sector,” Van said.

Government adviser Mey Kalyan, longtime agricultural economist for the United Nations, was present to lend his assistance to the proceedings.

“I think if Cambodia wants to promote the rice sector, we need this kind of exporter association. This is very important as a gateway of Cambodian rice,” he said.

“Rice export is not only about production. It is about the whole process. This is a part of the institution building, the network building to link all the value chains. This gathering today is focused on the end of the process: how do we link with the buyer and feed back to our production side. Logistics, technology and energy are all problems to be resolved. This one is the missing link, the gap, to link between Cambodia rice and the importer,” he said.

“Cambodia is a small country. By pulling all the forces, we can use the economy of scale. Big importers like to buy lots and each small producer cannot meet all the demand. Maybe they can organise a big quantity. They have to manage how much the demand from the market will be and this alliance is a kind of liaison and interface between Cambodia and foreign countries.”

ARPEC deputy secretary David Van said Cambodia’s rice sector had come a long way over the past decade, from an exporting less than 6,000 tonnes in 2008 to 168,000 tonnes in 2011.

“The Cambodian rice sector has still to withstand an ever challenging global trading environment due to more global competitors and depressing prices. In this respect, Cambodia is striving to address key competitiveness issues and realistically, nobody could predict what may be the actual performance for 2012 in view of a global extreme volatile market with depressing prices prevailing, affecting even the two major rice exporter neighbours,” Van said.

Van said ARPEC was pleased to have a diverse range of members representing major players on the rice value chain.

Source: Phnompenhpost/28May2012

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Cambodia Rice: Phnom Penh Autonomous Port to push rice exports

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port to push rice exports

Phnom Penh Autonomous Port plans to buy a rice-polishing machine from China, and will also look to build a rice storage facility in Kandal province.

These moves, officials said, were intended to push along Cambodia’s rice trade during a period of uncertainty for the industry.

“Actually, the project is not relevant to our port work, but we want to participate in improving our milled-rice quality, especially helping them to export more,” Hei Bavy, director-general of the port, said yesterday.

“We see the industry is still facing some problems in terms of exports – mainly on quality. So this machine is another effort to help them.

“We are close to finalising our discussions on the project. We hope it will take one or two more months.”

Hei Bavy declined to give a dollar figure for the two projects.

Experts have considered the quality of Cambodian rice as one of several barriers to increasing exports, which Prime Minister Hun Sen said will reach a million tonnes by 2015.

Facilities such as large-scale rice mills and polishing machines are inadequate in this country.

Experts have also noted that Cambodia lacks warehouses to store large quantities of rice before the product is shipped abroad.

The proposed warehouse would have a 10,000-tonne capacity, according to Hei Bavy.

Other obstacles facing Cambodia’s rice sector include the cost of milling rice, which have put the Kingdom’s rice prices above regional competitors such as Thailand and Vietnam.

Millers this year have reported a substantial drop in rice exports to Europe, which was Cambodia’s main buyer in 2011.

Logistic bottlenecks, as well as the increased price of shipping to Europe, will keep Cambodian rice prices high this year.

Cargo shipment via the port rose by 10.48 per cent in the first five months of the year to 31,093 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), up from 28,144 in the corresponding period last year, data from the port shows.

Source: PPPost/8June2012

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Cambodia Rice: World Rice News: Global Weather Outlook for Rice

Global Weather Outlook for Rice

Showers expected at central Nei Mongol, Liaoning, and northern Hebei, in China on Thursday and Friday will total 0.05 to 0.20 of an inch rain daily. Showers and thunderstorms expected over southeast China from Friday through Sunday will total 0.25 to 1.00 inch rain. Remaining parts of the country are expected to remain dry. Monsoon showers last week across southeastern China provided abundant moisture supplies for single-crop rice. Double-crop rice is ripening in the southeast China and harvesting will begin in early June.

Rain and thundershowers are expected at some palaces in Northeast and Southern India through Sunday. Weather is expected to remain dry over remaining parts of country. The Metrological Department has said that the arrival of monsoon rains could be delayed by three to four days beyond the forecast date of June 1.

Very hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of Pakistan through Sunday.

Isolated heavy rain is expected in most parts of Thailand through Friday. Widespread rains are expected over the most parts of Thailand from Saturday to Monday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected across Vietnam through Sunday will total 0.30 to 1.00 inch rain daily. Last week showers maintained abundant moisture supplies for summer rice in southern Vietnam and reversed a below-normal rainfall trend in northern Vietnam.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected across Indonesia through Sunday will total 0.20 to 0.70 of an inch rain daily.In the Philippines, Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, are expected to experience mostly cloudy weather and widespread rains through Saturday may trigger flash floods and landslides. The remaining parts of the country are expected to have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Isolated rain is expected in some places in Myanmar, such as Sagaing, Mandalay, Kayah and Magway region through Sunday.

Rain and thundershowers accompanied by squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka & Khulna divisions in Bangladesh on Thursday and Friday. Rest of the country is expected to remain dry.

Scattered showers and storms expected across Parana, SP, and MGDS into Minas Gerias, in Brazil on Thursday and Friday will total 0.20 to 0.60 of an inch rain. Weather will remain mainly dry from RGS to Goias and Mato Grosso on Saturday, while few showers expected in Minas Gerias, Bahia, and northeast Brazil will total 0.05 to 0.20 of an inch rain.

Weather is expected to remain dry across Uruguay through Sunday, favouring harvesting.

A few showers and storms expected across Paraguay on Thursday will total 0.10 to 0.40 of an inch rain, slowing harvesting. Weather will remain mainly dry across Paraguay on Friday and Saturday, favouring fieldwork. Some showers and storms expected on Sunday will total 0.25 to 0.75 of an inch rain, slowing fieldwork.

Weather is expected to remain dry across the Southeast U.S. on Thursday. Some showers and storms expected in the Southeast U.S. on Friday will total 0.25 to 1.00 inch. Weather will remain mainly dry from the southern Plains to the Southeast this weekend. In week ended May 27, U.S. rice producers seeded about 99% of the rice, 8% ahead of last year and 5% ahead of the 5-year average. Despite cool weather, 45% of California’s rice crop emerged during the week, pushing progress ahead of normal for the first time this season. Overall, 69% of the rice crop was reported in good to excellent condition, up 3% from last week and 16% better than the same time last year.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected in eastern NT, QLD, and eastern SA, in Australia on Thursday will total 0.25 to 1.00 inch rain. Showers expected in southwest Western Australia on Thursday will total 0.05 to 0.20 of an inch. Numerous showers and thunderstorms expected across QLD and NSW on Friday and Saturday will total 0.50 to 1.50 inches rain. The rest of Australia is expected to remain dry on Friday and Saturday.

Source: Oryza/31May2012

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Cambodia Rice: World Rice News: Grow Vegetables around Rice Fields to Prevent Pest Outbreaks, PhilRice Says

Grow Vegetables around Rice Fields to Prevent Pest Outbreaks, PhilRice Says

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) institute recommends planting vegetables around rice fields to reduce attack by pests and insects on rice plants and to promote organic farming.

A scientist from PhilRice says that vegetable plants provide food and shelter to several predators of rice infesting pests and insects. The scientist said that farmers should adopt “ecological engineering” strategy that helps reduce use of pesticides, and earn some extra money.

The scientist said, “Farmers apply pesticides about six times in a season. Pesticides must only be used as a corrective measure during pest outbreaks. To prevent outbreaks, we recommend the conservation of natural enemies to lessen the unnecessary and costly use of pesticides.”

The scientist said that okra (lady's fingers), kalabasa (melon), talong (egg plant) are considered good vegetables for planting, while spiders, coccinelid beetles, long-legged flies and yellowish-brown ants are beneficial insects in rice farming.

Source: Oryza/5June2012

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Cambodia Rice: Canadia Bank backs rice mill in Takeo

Canadia Bank (ធនាគារ​កាណាឌីយ៉ា) is one of the largest local banks in Cambodia. The bank was established in 1991 and became privatized in 1998. It has 25 branches across the country.

Canadia Bank was established on 11 November 1991, as the Canadia Gold & Trust Corporation Limited, under a joint-venture with overseas Cambodians and the National Bank of Cambodia, and as a sole office financial institution managed by the former staff of the National Bank of Cambodia and Canadian Cambodian shareholders. The main activities were based on gold transaction, gold plaque manufacture and credit to local merchants.

In 19 April 1993, the name of the institution was changed to "Canadia Bank Ltd.", and subsequently to "Canadia Bank plc." on 16 December 2003, as a commercial bank registered under the Ministry of Commerce and the National Bank of Cambodia. Since privatization in 1998, the bank has become one of the largest local banks. It offers various financial services through its ten branches within Cambodia and 23 international correspondent banks,[1] and currently holds and plans to extend noteworthy agricultural interests. Visit Website of Canadia Bank


Canadia Bank backs rice mill in Takeo

Canadia Bank will launch a rice mill in Cambodia’s Takeo province in October, a move that insiders said could help curb the flow of unmilled rice to neighbouring Vietnam.

Bank officials yesterday said they will buy US$3 million in milling equipment, and the total cost of the facility was expected to be $10 million.

Equipment would be imported from several countries including Japan, Taiwan and China, and the mill would look to export to the European Union, China and the Philippines.

The plant would have a capacity of 600 tonnes of milled rice per day by 2013, Bun Khim, rice milling manager at Canadia Bank, said yesterday, adding that operation procedures were still unknown because the factory was in the planning stages. “Now we don’t know how to operate the plant because we are preparing the machines,” he said.

Doung Heng, the president of Takeo province’s Rice Millers Association, said that the operation of Canadia Bank’s rice milling would not be a competitive force among local rice millers, but it would curb the flow of unmilled rice to Vietnam.

“The operation is good for reducing the amount of unmilled rice to neighbouring countries. We cannot stop exporting paddy all at once, but we can reduce it by means of investment.”

Source: PPPost/31May2012

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Cambodia Rice: World Rice News: Vietnam to Supply Philippines with 120,000 Tons of Rice in G2G Deal

Vietnam to Supply Philippines with 120,000 Tons of Rice in G2G Deal

After bagging the 100,000 ton rice tender from the Philippines last week, Vietnam has been selected to supply the remaining 20,000 tons of rice that the Philippine rice buying agency National Food Authority (NFA) was tasked with buying earlier this year.

The Philippines is targeting rice imports of 500,000 tons in 2012, of which 380,000 are allotted to farmer organizations and private traders, while the remaining 120,000 tons allotted to the Philippines’ NFA.

Thailand’s application was rejected last week due to high prices, while Cambodia couldn’t participate in the tender process as the country did not sign the mandatory rice trade agreement with the Philippines before the nation’s deadline.

Shipments are expected before lean months start in July.

Source: Oryza/4June2012

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Cambodia Rice: World Rice News: Thailand will still be top rice exporter

Thailand will still be top rice exporter

Thailand would be able to maintain its position as the world’s largest rice exporter this year, permanent secretary for commerce Yanyong Puangraj said on Tuesday.

Thailand exported 2.6 million tonnes of rice, worth 53.67 billion baht, from Jan 1 to May 17 and became the world's largest exporter.

The US took second place, exporting two million tones of rice and Vietnam third place with its 1.6 million tonnes of rice exported during the same period, said Mr Yanyong.

The average rice export price increased by 20 per cent to US$669 per tonne, from US$566, showing that the world market still wanted Thai rice even with its price raised by the price pledging scheme, he added.

The permanent secretary expected rice exports would total at least nine million tonnes this year.

“Thailand will be able to maintain its world number one rice exporter status. In the past we focused on export quantity in keeping the championship post. But now we will also emphasise our rice’s quality standard and are looking at more premium markets,” Mr Yanyong said.

He said his ministry expected the world market price of Thai Hommali rice would increase by five per cent to US$1,200 a tonne and by 15 per cent to US$700 per tonne for white rice. This would allow the domestic price of paddy to stand at 15,000-20,000 baht per tonne.

Kobsuk Iamsuree, chairwoman of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, disagreed with the ministry’s rice exports projection for 2012. She said her association still predicted rice exports for the year at only 6.5 million tonnes.

If the government is to increase rice exports to nine million tonnes, as planned, it would have to get it done through a government-to-government selling agreement, said Ms Kobsuk.

The baht had now weakened to 31 baht to the US dollar, lowering the price of Hommali rice to US$1,080 a tonne, from US$1,100. If the rice price is to reach US$1,200 a tonne, the value of the Thai currency must be strengthened to 25-26 baht to the dollar, she said.

“Through goverenment-to-government negotiations, the state might get a better price, but it is certain that the price would not be that high if the deals are made between private firms,” said Ms Kobsuk.

Source: Bangkokpost/22May2012

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Cambodia Rice: World Rice News: South Korea Tenders to Buy 98,982 Tons of Rice

South Korea Tenders to Buy 98,982 Tons of Rice

South Korea has announced a tender to import 98,982 metric tons of non-glutinous brown rice. A bulk of those imports or 37,636 tons will be allotted to China, said Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., the state rice buying agency.

The last date for submissions of bids is June 19, 2012. Delivery is expected to take place between September and November.

Source: Oryza

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Cambodia Rice: Second rice trial to China

Second rice trial to China

Local rice miller Mega Green said it planned to export about 240 tons of milled rice to the Chinese market by the end of June – a second round of test exports to Cambodia’s northern neighbour.

Renne Outh, owner of Mega Green Imex Cambodia, told the Post yesterday that he signed an agreement with a Chinese company in Shanghai during a business trip there last week.

“I already signed an export agreement with a Chinese company’s Shanghai office. Now, we are working on some paperwork with [the Chinese inspection bureau] to approve us on the certification of the quality of the export to them,” he said.

The shipment would be Mega Green’s first trial to China, and would consists of just 10 containers – a container holds 24 tons of milled rice, said Outh Renne. “We will start to export them by the end of June – it is just a test export, because they want us to eventually export 200 containers per month.”

“Now we are milling our paddy and preparing packaging for them,” he added.

The Post reported last week that China approved local rice miller Golden Rice to export milled rice to China. A trial run the company sent to China earlier this year was refused by the Chinese government upon arrival in the southern port of Shenzhen.

Chan Tong Yves, secretary of state at the Ministry of Agriculture, said the ministry also has a quality testing laboratory, but it does not comply with the standards for exporting milled rice.

“Now, if we want to export to them [China], we have to get their service on testing and inspect the quality of our products,” he said. “What is important is that we need to get ratified by the Chinese side. If they accept and buy our milled rice, it sounds great.”

Cham Prasidh, Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce, told the Post on Tuesday that China offered $1 million to Cambodia to upgrade its testing laboratory so it complies with Chinese standards.

“We have agreed with China for a long time on the export of milled rice with no duty, but the barrier for us is the quality standards issue,” he said.

Outh Renne said that for the Chinese market, Cambodia can sell medium-grain sized rice at $510 per ton and long-grain at $425 per ton – but the Chinese market prefers medium sized, which differs from the European market, which prefers long-grain rice.

Source: PPPost

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