# Rice export prices rise as exporters grapple with floods, coronavirus

> Indian 5% broken parboiled rice rose to $383-$389 per tonne from $382-$387 last week, as floods and COVID-19 limited containers and labour at Kakinada port. Vietnam's 5% broken rice rose to $480-$490 per tonne, its highest since late 2011, on thin supplies.

- Date: 2020-08-20 · published 2020-08-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Asia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51565-rice-export-prices-rise-as-exporters-grapple-with-floods-coronavirus
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Logistics constraints and tight Vietnamese supplies are pushing Asian export quotes higher, which is bullish for global rice prices until the October harvest.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-09-11 | [ieport News on India's Export Import Matters: India rice prices hit 18-month peak as coronavirus strains export logistics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51190-ieport-news-on-india-s-export-import-matters-india-rice-prices-hit-18-month.md) | -2.6% | +0.6% |
| 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 | 2021-08-26 | [Rice import prices to rise as freight rate increases in West African Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45630-rice-import-prices-to-rise-as-freight-rate-increases-in-west-african-markets.md) | -2.8% | +3.6% |
| RICE | 2020-08-17 | [Vietnamese rice export prices climb to over 8-year high - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51704-vietnamese-rice-export-prices-climb-to-over-8-year-high-markets-business.md) | +3.4% | +2.7% |
| RICE | 2020-07-31 | [Virus slows Indian rice exports; heavy flooding hits Bangladesh - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52087-virus-slows-indian-rice-exports-heavy-flooding-hits-bangladesh-the.md) | -0.5% | +9.4% |

## Sources

- livemint.com: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rice-export-prices-rise-as-exporters-grapple-with-floods-coronavirus-11597927245187.html

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