# Rice prices ease as some countries relax… | PB Commercial

> Several rice-exporting countries including Myanmar and Cambodia are easing COVID-related export restrictions, and global rice prices have fallen from their early-May peak, according to a University of Arkansas report. Prices in India and Thailand have returned to pre-pandemic levels, while Vietnam remains about $100 above them.

- Date: 2020-05-29 · published 2020-05-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53189-rice-prices-ease-as-some-countries-relax-pb-commercial
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Easing export curbs add supply to world markets and make Asian rice cheaper relative to US rice, which is tied to tight domestic supplies. Lower global offers should cap international rice prices even as US prices stay elevated.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-06-10 | 5 | -29.2% | -9.0 | Easing export restrictions and falling global rice prices from early-May peak reduced the tight-supply premium and pressured US futures. |
| RICE | 2020-06-04 | 1 | -6.8% | -3.0 | Easing of export restrictions by Myanmar and Cambodia and falling global rice prices from early-May peak reduce supply-scarcity premium, plausibly pressuring US rough rice futures. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2019-10-11 | [India’s Rice Exports Drops 29% due to Less Demand from African Countries](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56516-india-s-rice-exports-drops-29-due-to-less-demand-from-african-countries.md) | -0.4% | -2.2% |
| RICE | 2026-03-05 | [Asia rice: India rates ease as supply mounts and rupee falls, Vietnam prices steady - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20262-asia-rice-india-rates-ease-as-supply-mounts-and-rupee-falls-vietnam-prices.md) | +5.1% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2024-11-19 | [Lower rice prices coming in 2025 – think tank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27482-lower-rice-prices-coming-in-2025-think-tank.md) | -1.5% | -1.2% |
| RICE | 2025-10-08 | [Rice prices hit six-year low as global glut prompts import curbs \| Cropli](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22484-rice-prices-hit-six-year-low-as-global-glut-prompts-import-curbs-cropli.md) | -1.5% | -6.3% |
| RICE | 2026-02-04 | [CoBank: Rice prices fall more than other commodities \| TheFencePost.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20672-cobank-rice-prices-fall-more-than-other-commodities-thefencepost-com.md) | +1.3% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- pbcommercial.com: https://www.pbcommercial.com/rice-prices-ease-as-some-countries-relax-covid/

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