# ieport News on India's Export Import Matters: India rice prices hit 18-month peak as coronavirus strains export logistics

> India's 5% broken parboiled rice prices rose to an 18-month high of $387-394 a tonne as pandemic disruptions limited container availability and milling at Kakinada. Bangladesh may need to import rice after floods and cyclones damaged its crops, and Vietnamese prices also rose on low domestic supplies.

- Date: 2020-09-11 · published 2020-09-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51190-ieport-news-on-india-s-export-import-matters-india-rice-prices-hit-18-month
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Constrained Indian export logistics and possible Bangladeshi import demand tighten the global rice supply and support prices. Higher rice prices raise the cost of rice-based feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-08-20 | [Rice export prices rise as exporters grapple with floods, coronavirus](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51565-rice-export-prices-rise-as-exporters-grapple-with-floods-coronavirus.md) | +1.8% | +1.7% |
| RICE | 2020-07-27 | [Indian rice exports slow as coronavirus disrupts supply chain -trade - DST - Daily Shipping Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52091-indian-rice-exports-slow-as-coronavirus-disrupts-supply-chain-trade-dst-daily.md) | -1.8% | +4.2% |
| RICE | 2022-01-17 | [Indian rice traders stop new export deals due to shortage of freight trains \| Stock Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43112-indian-rice-traders-stop-new-export-deals-due-to-shortage-of-freight-trains.md) | +5.6% | +6.1% |
| RICE | 2021-08-17 | [Rice exports from India to take a hit this year - Commodities News \| The Financial Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45523-rice-exports-from-india-to-take-a-hit-this-year-commodities-news-the-financial.md) | -1.2% | -0.8% |
| RICE | 2020-03-20 | [Indian agri export business hit hard by outbreak in European Union, West Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54085-indian-agri-export-business-hit-hard-by-outbreak-in-european-union-west-asia.md) | -1.1% | +4.1% |

## Sources

- ieport.blogspot.com: http://ieport.blogspot.com/2020/09/india-rice-prices-hit-18-month-peak-as.html

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