# Increase in rice facilities boosts price of Kingdom's paddy rice - Phnom Penh Post

> Cambodian paddy rice prices for the 2018-2019 season ranged from 900 to 1,300 riel per kg, about 25% above the previous season. Industry officials attributed the increase to new rice facilities able to process more farmer paddy.

- Date: 2019-01-09 · published 2019-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61165-increase-in-rice-facilities-boosts-price-of-kingdom-s-paddy-rice-phnom-penh-post
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Higher domestic paddy prices in Cambodia reflect stronger milling capacity demand, a regional rather than global price driver. Impact on world rice benchmarks is limited.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- phnompenhpost.com: https://phnompenhpost.com/business/increase-rice-facilities-boosts-price-kingdoms-paddy-rice/

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