សហព័ន䮒សស殼វអង䮀រកម្宻ᾶ Issue No. 14 Cambodia Rice Federation - CRF NEWS BRIEFING Sri Lanka prepares MoUs to pur- Asia Rice-Bangladesh may call off Bangladesh to buy Cambodian rice chase 155,000 MT rice from Thai- Thai import deal over high prices The Financial Express : 01/Aug/2017 land and Myanmar Reuters : 27/July//2017 Cambodia - Bangladesh will import rice from Cambodia. The two countries are expected reach an ColomboPage : 01/Aug/2017 Bangladesh - Bangladesh’s plan to import agreement tomorrow, according to an official in the Cambodian Commerce Ministry. Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka, having concluded inter- rice from Thailand could be suspended due to Under the deal, Bangladesh will import 1.0 million tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia for 5 years, said national ‘rice talks’ successfully, on Monday began high prices, the country’s food ministry said on Soeung Sophary, the ministry’s spokesperson, according toa report by http://www.khmertimeskh.com finalizing the Memorandums of Understanding Thursday, after the government’s deal with India “An agreement will be signed in Phnom Penh on Wednesday between the ministry and representatives to proceed with the orders to purchase rice from fell through for the same reason. of the Bangladeshi government,” she added. Read more Thailand and Myanmar, the Minister of Industry Bangladesh, the world’s fourth-biggest rice and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen said. producer, has emerged as a major importer of rice Mekong Delta authorities warn The Minister said the MoUs will be finalized soon this year due to depleted stocks and record local about excessive rice stock and submitted to the two countries as soon as prices following flash floods. Read more possible. Read more Vietnam.net : 26/07/2017 Govt remains reluctant to buy Thai Vietnam - Farmer Do Le Huu in Hon Dat District rice over high prices said there were perks that growing traditional rice didn’t have. “The output is much higher and The Financial Express : 27/July/2017 I don’t have to worry about the market as I have Bangladesh - Bangladesh government’s plan a contract with a distribution company,” he said. to import rice from Thailand could be suspended While 30,000 hectares of rice are under contract to due to high prices, the country’s food ministry said Philippines boosts rice stockpile wholesalers, another 13,000 hectares have been on Thursday, reports Reuters. cultivated by the farmers. The authorities worry The government’s deal with India fell through for Khmer Times: 26/July/2017 that the oversupply might cause a price drop as the same reason. Read more Japanese rice is still new to domestic customers. Philippine - The Philippines’ state grains Traders seek to recoup losses on agency purchased 250,000 tonnes of rice in a Read more tender yesterday from suppliers in Vietnam, K5 billion in seized rice Thailand and Singapore, rushing to boost thinning ColomboPage : 01/Aug/2017 state stockpiles. Myanmar - Myanmar rice traders are seeking Vietnamese rice suppliers, including state-run the recoup of K5 billion worth of rice they say Vietnam Southern Food Corp or Vinafood II, won was seized by China last month in a bust that also most of the deals, cornering a total volume of resulted in the arrest of their trading partner, Ma 175,000 tonnes. Read more Nan Aye Lu. About 50 rice traders from Mandalay Region and Katha, Banmauk, Htigyaing and Kawlin townships in Sagaing Region said their partner’s Commerce Ministry Inks Rice Ex- detention for the past two months has hurt their business. Read more port Deal With Bangladesh BUZZ-Thailand floods: no impact Cambodia Daily : 03/Aug/2017 on rice exports, says export body Deal with Thailand this month to Cambodia - In a major deal that could boost Reuters : 31/July/2017 import rice Cambodia’s total rice exports by nearly 50 percent Thailand - Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture The Financial Express : 31/July/2017 this year, local and Bangladeshi officials signed a says 2.83 million rais (400,000 hectares) of rice deal aiming to move 1 million tons of rice over five China’s CITIC, Myanmar Rice Fed- Bangladesh - The government is set to sign years, the countries’ representatives announced eration partner for $400m agri- fields in the north and northeast of the country an agreement with Thailand in the second week on Wednesday. have been affected by floods which began in July. of this month (August) to import rice from the business plan Looking to shore up its reserves of rice and Read more Southeast Asian country, officials said. dampen down prices following flash floods that Deal Street Asia : 30/July/2017 The ministry of food (MoF) will ink the memoran- devastated rice production, Bangladesh has been China - China’s state-owned financial services dum of understanding (MoU) with Thailand to turning to neighbors in South and Southeast Asia firm CITIC and the Myanmar Rice Federation are import the main staple aiming to keep its prices to buy hundreds of thousands of tons of rice at a partnering to conduct a feasibility study for a plan stable on the local market. Read more to establish 33 agricultural business centres in ten time. Read more states in Myanmar. The project is estimated to cost $400 million and aims to provide a one-stop Google image service for farmers in the country, said Dr Soe Tun, vice chairman of Myanmar Rice Federation. The agricultural business centres will enable farmers Government slams call for rice to buy equipment, use warehouse facilities and checks avail financial services. Read more Bangkok Posts : 31/July/2017 Thailand - Lt Gen Sansern said it was no co- incidence the movement comes just before the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Bangladesh signs deal to buy 1 mln tons of rice from Cambodia Political Positions is to hand down its ruling in the Xinhua : 02/Aug/2017 rice-pledging case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Aug 25. Cambodia - Bangladesh signed a Memoran- ”This could be seen as an attempt to create some dum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday kind of impact on the case or a bid to draw public to purchase 1 million tons of milled rice from Cambodia within five years from 2017 to 2022. Demand for VN rice to be stable in sympathy for Ms Yingluck,” he said. ”The Commerce Ministry has already explained on The deal was inked in Phnom Penh between Q3: VFA several occasions its principles in releasing the rice Cambodian Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak Vietnam News : 31/July/2017 under the scheme,” he added. and Bangladeshi Food Minister Qamrul Islam. He said some groups are still attempting to claim Vietnam - Demand for Vietnamese rice is that good-quality rice has been sold along with Bangladesh, the world’s fourth-largest rice expected to be stable in the third quarter of the the bad-quality stock, which made the rice prices producer, has become a major importer of the Bangladeshi Food Minister Qamrul Islam (front L) year, Vietnam Food Association (VFA) Chairman drop. Read more grain this year after flash floods hit rice paddy shakes hands with Cambodian Minister of Commerce Huỳnh Thế Năng has said. output this year, said Qamrul Islam. Pan Sorasak (front R) during a signing ceremony in Thus, rice traders will not have to worry about Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 2, 2017. Bangladesh finding consumption markets, he added. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on “We want to purchase immediately 200,000 The chairman made the statement after Viet- Wednesday to purchase 1 million tons of milled rice tons of white rice and 50,000 tons of parboiled namese rice enterprises won contracts to supply from Cambodia within five years from 2017 to 2022. rice from Cambodia,” he told reporters after the (Xinhua/Sovannara) 175,000 tonnes (MT) of rice to the Philippines signing ceremony. Read more through an open tender held by the country’s National Food Authority (NFA) on July 25. Read more Thailand may export 11m tonnes of Sri Lanka cuts import taxes on rice, rice this year maize wheat fish amid drought Bangladesh tenders to import Bangkok Post : 02/Aug/2017 Bangkok Post : 02/Aug/2017 50,000 tonnes of rice Thailand - Thailand is likely to export 11 million Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka has cut import taxes on Reuters : 01/Aug/2017 tonnes of rice this year, higher than its target, maize, rice, flour, and fish, to bring down prices Bangladesh - Bangladesh’s state grain buyer Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said on amid a drought, and also cut import taxes on has issued its seventh international tender since Wednesday. Read more wheat grain, the finance ministry said. May to import 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice in an effort to replenish reserves. A remaining 5 rupee tax on rice has been cut to 25 cents and it would remain in place until December Bangladesh, the world’s fourth-biggest rice 31. Sri Lanka’s domestic rice prices have risen after producer, has emerged as a major importer of harvests halved amid a drought. the grain this year after flash floods in April hit A tax (special commodity levy) on imported wet domestic output. As a result, the country is facing fish has been cut by 50 rupees to 25 rupees dwindling stocks and high local prices. Read more for three months on the request of a fisheries ministry. Read more Facebook Website សហព័ន䮒សស殼វអង䮀រកម្宻ᾶ Issue No. 14 Cambodia Rice Federation - CRF CRF Activities កិច䮅ប䮚ជុំᾶមួយដ䮚គូអភិវឌ䮚ឍន៍讶ឡឺម៉ង GIZ Advertising in CRF Newsletter នៅនេ޶ធិζរ⯒⾶នសហព័ន䮒សស殼វអង䮀រកម្宻ᾶ 掶នកិច䮅ស䮚ជ宻មួយរ玶ងសហព័ន䮒សំ ស殼វអង䮀រកម្宻ᾶ និងកិច䮅សហស䮚តិ䮚ត្ិζរ讶ឡឺម៉ង់(GIZ) ន⯒យ掶នζរចូេរួមពី នោក Alfons Eiligmann (ក宻ងសុលតង់) នោកSven