28th august,2014 daily exclusive oryza e newsletter by riceplus magazine

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28th
August, 2014
TOP Contents - Tailored for YOU
Latest News Headlines…
 India Rice Sellers Lower Their Quotes Today; Other Asia Rice Quotes
Unchanged
 China imports 1.32 Million Tons of Rice in First Six Months of 2014,
Slightly Down from Last Year
 Oryza Afternoon Recap - Chicago Rough Rice Futures Forced Lower
as Front Month Spread Activity Continues to Drive Price Direction
 Oryza Overnight Recap - Chicago Rough Rice Futures Seen Higher as
Market Attempts to Recover Losses Sustained in Previous Session
 South Korea Buys 28,288 Tons of Non-Glutinous Rice in Tender
 SUPARCO Estimates Pakistan FY 2013-14 Milled Rice Production to
Cross 7 Million Tons
 Paddy Rice Prices Firm in Italy Ahead of New Crop Harvest
 Philippines Rejects Bids in 500,000 Ton Rice Tender due to High
Prices
 Rice Bucket Challenge Goes Global
 Oryza Global Rice Quotes
NEWS DETAILS:
India Rice Sellers Lower Their Quotes
Today; Other Asia Rice Quotes Unchanged
Aug 27, 2014

India rice sellers lowered their quotes for 5% broken rice and parboiled rice by about $5 per ton each to around
$435 - $445 per ton and $425 - $435 per ton respectively today. Other Asia sellers kept their quotes unchanged
.
5% Broken Rice
Thailand 5% rice is quoted at around $440 - $450 per ton, about $5 per ton discount to Vietnam 5% rice quoted
at around $445 - $455 per ton. India 5% rice is quoted at around $435 - $445 per ton, down about $5 per ton
from yesterday and on par with Pakistan 5% rice quoted at around $435 - $445 per ton.
25% Broken Rice
Thailand 25% rice was last quoted at around $350 - $360 per ton, about $50 per ton discount to Vietnam 25%
rice quoted at around $400 - $410 per ton. India 25% rice is quoted at around $390 - $400 per ton, on par with
Pakistan 25% rice quoted at around $390 - $400 per ton.
Parboiled Rice
Thailand parboiled rice is quoted at around $440 - $450 per ton. India parboiled rice is quoted at around $425 -
$435 per ton, down about $5 per ton from yesterday and about $15 per ton discount to Pakistan parboiled rice
quoted at around $440 - $450 per ton.
100% Broken Rice
Thailand broken rice, A1 Super, was last quoted at around $310 - $320 per ton, about $30 per ton discount to
Vietnam broken rice quoted at around $340 - $350 per ton. India broken sortexed rice is quoted at around $345
- $355 per ton, about $15 per ton premium on Pakistan broken sortexed rice quoted at around $330 - $340 per
ton.
Tags: Vietnam rice prices, India rice prices, pakistan rice prices, Thailand rice prices
China imports 1.32 Million Tons of Rice in First Six
Months of 2014, Slightly Down from Last Year
China has imported around 1.323 million tons of rice in the first six months of 2014 (January - June), slightly
down from around 1.327 million tons imported during the same period last year, according to data from China
Customs General Administration.In June 2014, China imported around 240,000 tons of rice, down about 11%

from around 271,000 tons imported in May 2014, and up about 45% from around 165,110 tons imported in June
2013.
USDA estimates China to import around 3.5 million tons of rice in 2014, up about 24% from around 3.144 tons
imported in 2013.

Tags: China rice imports
Oryza Afternoon Recap - Chicago Rough Rice
Futures Forced Lower as Front Month Spread
Activity Continues to Drive Price Direction
Aug 27, 2014
Chicago rough rice futures for Sep delivery settled 6 cent per cwt (about $1 per ton) lower at $12.795 per cwt
(about $282 per ton). The other grains finished the day with mixed results; soybeans closed about 0.4% lower at
$10.2375 per bushel; wheat finished about 1.1% higher at $5.4725 per bushel, and corn finished the day
unchanged at $3.6500 per bushel.
U.S. stocks wavered on Wednesday as Wall Street opted to catch its breath, a day after the S&P 500's first close
above 2,000. Fluctuating between modest gains and declines, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lately off
7.16 points at 17,099.54. The S&P 500 dropped 2.53 points, or 0.1%, to 1,997.49, with energy the worst
performing of its 10 major sectors. The Nasdaq declined 6.42 points to 4,564.22. Gold is trading about 0.2%
lower, crude oil is seen trading marginally lower, and the U.S. dollar is seen trading about 0.3% lower at about
1:00pm Chicago time.
Tags: U.S. rice prices, U.S. rice market, chicago rough rice futures
Oryza Overnight Recap - Chicago Rough Rice
Futures Seen Higher as Market Attempts to Recover
Losses Sustained in Previous Session
Aug 27, 2014
Chicago rough rice futures for Sep delivery are seen 5 cents per cwt (about $1 per ton) higher at $12.905 per
cwt (about $285 per ton) during early floor trading in Chicago. The other grains are seen mostly higher this
morning: soybeans are currently seen 0.4% higher, wheat is listed about 0.1% higher and corn is noted about
0.7% lower.

U.S. stocks looked set to open higher on Wednesday, with stock-index futures in the black after the S&P 500
closed above 2,000 for the first time. Investors will be watching to see if the benchmark index can hold onto the
2,000 mark again on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported mortgage applications rose 2.8%
last week from the week earlier. The Treasury is scheduled to auction $35 billion in 5-year notes and $13 billion
in 2-year floating-rate notes. Geopolitical events remained in focus, with Israel and Gaza militants agreeing to a
full open-ended ceasefire on Tuesday. However, there was no breakthrough in talks between Russia and
Ukraine, although both sides agreed that there was an urgent need to de-escalate the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
U.S. stock futures are currently trading about 0.1% higher, gold is currently trading about 0.1% higher, crude oil
is seen trading about 0.1% higher, and the U.S. dollar is currently trading about 0.2% lower at 8:45am Chicago
time.
Tags: U.S. rice prices, U.S. rice market, chicago rough rice futures
South Korea Buys 28,288 Tons of Non-Glutinous
Rice in Tender
Aug 27, 2014
South Korea's state run Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (KAFTC) has purchased 28,288 tons of non-
glutinous rice of Chinese and U.S. origins (japonica) for delivery between December 15-31, 2014, according to
tender results announced on its website.
The results are for tender that closed on August 25, 2014. The KAFTC will buy 12,725 tons of medium grain
brown rice of Chinese origin at about $908.20 per ton, 11,112 tons of medium/short grain brown rice of U.S.
origin at about $902.78 per ton and 4,451 tons of medium grain milled rice of U.S. origin at about $1,009.8 per
ton.
The KAFTC originally issued tenders to buy 47,378 tons of non-glutinous rice. Results for the remaining
19,090 tons - 10,000 tons of medium type milled rice, 6,980 tons of medium/short type milled rice and 2,110
tons of medium/short milled rice - are yet to be announced.
Tags: South Korea rice tenders, South Korea rice imports, South Korea Agro-Fisheries Corporation (KAFTC)

SUPARCO Estimates Pakistan FY 2013-14 Milled
Rice Production to Cross 7 Million Tons
Aug 27, 2014
The National Space Agency of Pakistan (SUPARCO) has estimated
Pakistan FY 2013-14 (July - June) milled rice production to cross 7 million
tons in its July crop report.
According to the report, planting of coarse rice for the FY 2014-15
kharif rice crop (May - December) was completed by early July and
has reached heading or panicle formation stage. The basmati crop was
under transplantation by end of July and will be completed by mid of
August given uninterrupted irrigation facilities.
Based on the data from the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan
(REAP), the Pakistani government earned around $846 million from
basmati rice exports in FY 2013-14.
SUPARCO estimates normal monsoon rains in all the rice growing
areas of Punjab, KP, Sindh and Balochistan in July.
In its June report, SUPARCO estimated Pakistan FY 2013-14 (July -
June) milled rice production at about 7.1 million tons from an
estimated area of about 2.879 million hectares and an estimated yield of about 2.5 tons per hectare. Highest
production of about 3.73 million tons is expected from the Punjab province, followed by about 2.6 million tons
from the Sindh province, about 631,900 tons from Balochistan province and about 130,000 tons from Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan for 2013-14 released by the Ministry of Finance in June 2014,
rice accounted to about 0.7% of agricultural GDP.
USDA estimates Pakistan to produce about 6.6 million tons of rice, basis milled, in MY 2013-14 (November
2013 - October 2014). It estimates Pakistan rice production to increase to about 6.7 million tons in MY 2014-
15.
Tags: Pakistan rice production, Pakistan Basmati Rice Production, Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP)

Paddy Rice Prices Firm in Italy Ahead of New Crop
Harvest
Aug 27, 2014
As domestic paddy availability in Italy declines, the number of quoted varieties has dwindled and quotes remain
firm. At Milan Grain Exchange, activity stopped for two weeks, from August 5 to August 26, when farm gate
paddy quotes remained limited to five varieties: Roma paddy price is increasing from 460-490 euros (about $
606-646) per ton of August 5 to 500-530 euros (about $ 659-699) per ton of August 26; Thaibonnet and similar
firm at 230-240 euros (about $ 303-316) per ton, unchanged from August 5; Vialone Nano unchanged at 925-
960 euros (about $ 1,220-1,266) per ton, unchanged from August 5; while Balilla advanced from 250-260 euros
(about $ 329-342) per ton of August 5 to 275-285 euros (about $ 362-375) per ton of August 26; also Selenio
increased slightly from 255-275 euros (about $ 336-362) per ton of August 5 to 280-300 euros (about $ 369-
395) per ton of August 26.
Tags: italy rice prices, italy rice crop
Philippines Rejects Bids in 500,000 Ton Rice Tender
due to High Prices
Aug 27, 2014
The National Food Authority (NFA) of the Philippines has rejected bids for 500,000 tons of 25% broken white
rice in today's tender due to high prices, according to Reuters.The government allocated around 10.27 billion
pesos (around $234.5 million) towards the rice importation. Reuters reports that the NFA received bids between
$460 to $496.75 per ton, while it set an undisclosed threshold of $456.6 per ton. "Based on the non-responsive
bids, we can declare a failure of bidding," the head of the NFA bidding panel was quoted as saying to the group
of four rice traders who participated in the bidding.
The NFA spokesperson was quoted as saying that the agency would hold another tender following today's
rejection of bids. The imports, which are slated to arrive between September and November, are expected to
strengthen state stockpiles and curtail local retail rice pricehikes in the country.The country is likely to miss its
production target of around 19.07 million tons this year by 2%, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority
(PSA). With possible crop losses over the next four months, the government has authorized the NFA to import
another 500,000 tons of rice in addition to already imported 800,000 tons and today's tender for 500,000 tons.

Therefore, the Philippines is expected to import over 2 million tons of rice this year at zero-percent duty.
Additionally, the private sector can import around 350,000 tons at 40% duty under WTO quota.USDA estimates
the Philippines will import around 1.45 million tons of rice in 2014, including around 250,000 tons of unofficial
rice imports, and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the country to import around 1.2
million tons of rice in 2014.
Tags: Philippines rice imports, Philippines rice tender, National Food Authority (NFA)
Rice Bucket Challenge Goes Global
Aug 27, 2014
The rice bucket challenge (#ricebucketchallenge) encourages everyone to help those in need with a bucket of
rice. The idea originated with Oryza's own Manju Latha Kalanidhi of Hyderabad, India. Media calls the rice
bucket challenge, “India’s spin on the ice bucket challenge,” while Manju has most recently also partnered with
www.Ravishly.com, a women’s news and entertainment site, that is working with Manju and Oryza to take the
initiative global. Rice is a particularly excellent food item to share with those in need because it is easy to
transport and store, but the spirit of the rice bucket challenge extends beyond rice, as Ravishly mentions:
To expand upon this initiative, we're asking our own team, and their friends, and as many other people as
possible through the power of Internet osmosis, to help fight hunger by doing two simple things:
Oryza Global Rice Quotes
27th
August, 2014
Long grain white rice - high quality
Thailand 100% B grade 455-465 ↔
Vietnam 5% broken 445-455 ↔
India 5% broken 435-445 ↓
Pakistan 5% broken 435-445 ↔
Cambodia 5% broken 465-475 ↔

U.S. 4% broken 535-545 ↔
Uruguay 5% broken 610-620 ↔
Argentina 5% broken 610-620 ↔
Long grain white rice - low quality
Thailand 25% broken NQ ↔
Pakistan 25% broken 390-400 ↔
Cambodia 25% broken 450-460 ↔
India 25% broken 390-400 ↔
U.S. 15% broken 525-535 ↔
Long grain parboiled rice
Thailand parboiled 100% stxd 440-450 ↔
Pakistan parboiled 5% broken stxd 440-450 ↔
India parboiled 5% broken stxd 425-435 ↓
U.S. parboiled 4% broken 630-640 ↔
Brazil parboiled 5% broken 595-605 ↔
Uruguay parboiled 5% broken NQ ↔
Long grain fragrant rice
Thailand Hommali 92% 1055-1065 ↔
Vietnam Jasmine 580-590 ↔
India basmati 2% broken NQ ↔

Pakistan basmati 2% broken NQ ↔
Cambodia Phka Malis 880-890 ↔
Brokens
Thailand A1 Super NQ ↔
Pakistan 100% broken stxd 330-340 ↔
Cambodia A1 Super 360-370 ↔
India 100% Broken stxd 345-355 ↔
Egypt medium grain brokens NQ ↔
U.S. pet food 470-480 ↔
Brazil half grain NQ ↔
Medium grain milled
U.S. Calrose 4% broken 1025-1035 ↔
Egypt medium grain 6% NQ ↔
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