Vietnam, for the first time in decades, has signed a contract with India to buy 70,000 tonnes of 100-percent broken rice from India to meet increasing demand of this kind of rice in the domestic market for producing animal feed.
Hanoi(VNA) – Vietnam, for the first time in decades, has signed a contract with Indiato buy 70,000 tonnes of 100-percent broken rice from India to meet increasing demand of thiskind of rice in the domestic market for producing animal feed.
The shipment is scheduled to be carried out in January and February this yearat the price of around 310 USD per tonne on a free-on-board (FOB)basis.
Many may be surprised at the news that Vietnam, one of the three biggest riceexporters in the world, is importing rice from India. However, Vietnamese riceexporters said this is normal.
Pham Thai Binh, Director of Trung An hi-tech agriculture JSC, said Vietnam’scompanies imported rice from India because the product is very cheap, while thedemand for this type of rice in Vietnam is high.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Van Don, Director of Viet Hung Co., Ltd said there is a greatdemand for broken rice for animal feed production, resulting in the inevitableneed to import.
Before 2017, low-grade rice accounted for 70 percent of Vietnam's total riceoutput. This ratio has fallen to 50-60 percent in the past two years, and to only10-15 percent now.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnameseanimal feed producers have increased their import of this type of rice becauseit is difficult to buy in the Vietnamese market now.
Don affirmed the import of broken rice from India does not affect Vietnam'srice export in the time to come because Vietnam has narrowed the area of low-and medium-quality rice, while areas for fragrant and high-quality rice wereexpanded.
According to Binh, Vietnam’s rice export in 2021 is forecast to continue to risebecause Vietnamese rice is now well positioned to compete in large markets.
The General Statistics Office reported that Vietnam’s 5-percent broken white rice was trade at500 USD per tonne last year - the highest price since the end of 2011 to date.
Vietnam earned over 3 billion USD from exporting rice in2020, a year-on-year increase of more than 10 percent.
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