# Report on Political Economy of Rice Trade between India, Bangladesh, Nepal Released

> A report on the political economy of rice trade among India, Bangladesh and Nepal was released. It finds that India alone has a rice surplus while Bangladesh and Nepal depend on imports, and that high agricultural tariffs in those two countries reduce import competitiveness.

- Date: 2019-01-24 · published 2019-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region South Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61069-report-on-political-economy-of-rice-trade-between-india-bangladesh-nepal
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Import dependence in Bangladesh and Nepal, combined with their tariff barriers, shapes regional demand for Indian rice. Changes to those tariffs would shift trade flows and regional rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-11-11 | [India’s lifting of rice export ban helped cool global food prices, says WTO \| Today News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21916-india-s-lifting-of-rice-export-ban-helped-cool-global-food-prices-says-wto.md) | +3.1% | -0.3% |
| RICE | 2022-12-20 | [RBI Bulletin \| Official Website of Reserve Bank of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38154-rbi-bulletin-official-website-of-reserve-bank-of-india.md) | +4.8% | +4.6% |
| RICE | 2017-07-13 | [Vietnam, Pakistan, and Burma expected to drive global rice exports upward in 2018 \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70030-vietnam-pakistan-and-burma-expected-to-drive-global-rice-exports-upward-in-2018.md) | +2.5% | +6.3% |
| RICE | 2020-03-30 | [U.S rice imports in 2019 are projected at a record high for third consecutive year \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54209-u-s-rice-imports-in-2019-are-projected-at-a-record-high-for-third-consecutive.md) | +4.2% | +21.5% |
| RICE | 2025-08-29 | [Grain Journal \| Broken Rice Gains Traction in Feed and Food Markets,…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23399-grain-journal-broken-rice-gains-traction-in-feed-and-food-markets.md) | +0.5% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- krishijagran.com: https://krishijagran.com/commodity-news/report-on-political-economy-of-rice-trade-between-india-bangladesh-nepal-released/

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