# Rice prices in India hold steady; low rainfall may hurt output

> Indian rice prices held steady in the week, with 5% broken parboiled quoted at $392-$396 per tonne. Below-normal rainfall has slowed paddy planting, which was down 4.2% year on year as of August 3, while India's April-June rice exports rose 4.4%. Heavy rains and floods in Vietnam and Thailand are affecting their harvests.

- Date: 2018-08-09 · published 2018-08-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8647-rice-prices-in-india-hold-steady-low-rainfall-may-hurt-output
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Lagging Indian planting raises concern about output and could firm Asian rice export prices, while Vietnamese and Thai flooding adds supply risk. Rough rice impact for feed buyers is limited, but broken rice can feed into feed formulations.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-08-02 | [Rice prices soar on back of India’s export ban](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12039-rice-prices-soar-on-back-of-india-s-export-ban.md) | +0.3% | +4.4% |
| RICE | 2017-10-19 | [Rice prices up in India, Vietnam as rains dampen crop supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68535-rice-prices-up-in-india-vietnam-as-rains-dampen-crop-supply.md) | -2.3% | +1.2% |
| RICE | 2018-08-01 | [India's monsoon rain forecast cut, farm output seen at risk \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63497-india-s-monsoon-rain-forecast-cut-farm-output-seen-at-risk-the-star.md) | -8.4% | -11.1% |
| RICE | 2024-08-31 | [India braces for another month of above-average rainfall in September](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28728-india-braces-for-another-month-of-above-average-rainfall-in-september.md) | -0.5% | +1.9% |
| RICE | 2026-09-17 | [India rice output faces biggest drop in two decades, stocks cushion exports \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17442-india-rice-output-faces-biggest-drop-in-two-decades-stocks-cushion-exports.md) | +3.0% | +9.0% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/reuters/rice-prices-in-india-hold-steady-low-rainfall-may-hurt-output-118080901175_1.html

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