# Rice export price soars to roughly US$500 per tonne | VOV.VN

> Vietnam exported 5.74 million tonnes of rice in the first 11 months of 2020, down 2.2% in volume but up 10.4% in value. The average 5% broken price in November was about $500 per tonne. The EU-Vietnam trade agreement adds a duty-free quota of 80,000 tonnes annually.

- Date: 2020-12-08 · published 2020-12-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Vietnam · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49714-rice-export-price-soars-to-roughly-us-500-per-tonne-vov-vn
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Vietnamese export prices and new EU duty-free access support firm Asian rice values into 2021.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2018-01-17 | [Auspicious start to Vietnamese rice export in 2018 \| VOV.VN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10608-auspicious-start-to-vietnamese-rice-export-in-2018-vov-vn.md) | +0.5% | +1.2% |
| RICE | 2017-06-06 | [Coarse rice price soars \| The Daily Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70561-coarse-rice-price-soars-the-daily-star.md) | +2.3% | +4.3% |
| RICE | 2020-11-05 | [Wheat, rice contribute 50% to agri export - The Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50108-wheat-rice-contribute-50-to-agri-export-the-tribune.md) | -2.3% | -1.6% |
| RICE | 2023-10-24 | [Vietnam’s export rice prices reach record high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33697-vietnam-s-export-rice-prices-reach-record-high.md) | -0.2% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2022-12-19 | [Vietnam’s export rice price increases highly \| SGGP English Edition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8468-vietnam-s-export-rice-price-increases-highly-sggp-english-edition.md) | +8.0% | +7.7% |

## Sources

- english.vov.vn: https://english.vov.vn/en/economy/rice-export-price-soars-to-roughly-us500-per-tonne-822735.vov

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