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Drought in Thailand tightened supply expectations and lifted Thai 5% broken rice export prices to $470-$495 per tonne, the highest since August 2013. Vietnamese rates also rose to more than a one-year peak on strong domestic demand amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Drought-driven supply concern and firm demand push Asian rice export prices higher, supporting rice and grain-substitute values for feed buyers.
reuters.comBrijesh PatelMar 12, 2020After 179 past bullish weather events, Rough Rice moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (55% higher; middle half -1.4% to +2.5%), and +2.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Thai drought tightening supply pushed Asian export prices to multi-year highs just before the move, supporting a global rough rice rally.
Thai drought tightened supply expectations and lifted Thai 5% broken export quotes to the highest since 2013, with Vietnamese rates also rising on virus-related demand, which supports rough rice futures.
Thai drought tightened supply expectations and lifted Thai 5% export quotes to multi-year highs on 2020-03-12, within the window, supporting global rough rice prices.
Thai drought pushed Asian export prices to multi-year highs, raising global supply concerns and supporting prices across the rice complex.
