# Coarse rice price soars | The Daily Star

> Bangladesh's coarse rice prices rose 42% over the past year, reaching Tk 45-46 a kg. The government plans to import 300,000 tonnes of rice urgently after flood and blast damage cut boro output and public stocks fell to a six-year low.

- Date: 2017-06-06 · published 2017-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Bangladesh · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70561-coarse-rice-price-soars-the-daily-star
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Emergency Bangladeshi import tenders of 150,000 to 300,000 tonnes add to global import demand and support export prices for Asian rice.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- online91.thedailystar.net: https://online91.thedailystar.net/frontpage/coarse-rice-price-soars-1416526

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