# China Wants to Shed Rice Stockpiles

> Chinese authorities are considering another cut to rice support prices in 2018 to move toward market pricing and reduce a very large state stockpile. China produced a record 2017 crop of about 208.56 million tonnes of rough rice, and its imports rose 15% year on year through November.

- Date: 2018-01-05 · published 2018-01-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67081-china-wants-to-shed-rice-stockpiles
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Lower support prices and efforts to sell down state stocks should reduce China's import needs and weigh on world rice prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2025-03-07 | [India allows exports of broken rice to cut stockpiles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25548-india-allows-exports-of-broken-rice-to-cut-stockpiles.md) | +4.9% | +1.4% |
| RICE | 2025-12-03 | [ARDB Urges Mills to Release Rice Glut Stocks \| Cambodianess](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21597-ardb-urges-mills-to-release-rice-glut-stocks-cambodianess.md) | -0.2% | -5.1% |
| RICE | 2019-03-13 | [The Release of China’s Rice Stocks Could Impact Global Feed Markets \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60169-the-release-of-china-s-rice-stocks-could-impact-global-feed-markets-economic.md) | +2.8% | -1.9% |
| RICE | 2024-10-22 | [India scraps parboiled rice export tax to boost shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27794-india-scraps-parboiled-rice-export-tax-to-boost-shipments.md) | -0.1% | +0.5% |
| RICE | 2025-07-29 | [Carryover stocks of rough rice could exceed 200 thousand tons.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23833-carryover-stocks-of-rough-rice-could-exceed-200-thousand-tons.md) | -1.5% | -6.4% |

## Sources

- dimsums.blogspot.com: http://dimsums.blogspot.com/2018/01/china-wants-to-shed-rice-stockpiles.html

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