August sees slight rise in rice exports (Photo: VNA) According to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), the average price during this period was 431.1 USD/tonne, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.47 USD per tonne. The country exported 4.243 million tonnes at an average price of 431.38 USD per tonne during the first eight months of 2014, up 2.95 USD per tonne compared to the January-August period of 2013. Rice growers in the country’s granary Mekong Delta had an outstanding summer-autumn crop harvest at a time when prices for rice were high, Huynh The Nang, General Director of the Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood II), said. Nang also revealed that Vinafood II won a bid to export 500,000 tonnes of rice to the According to VFA, Vietnamese rice producers aim to export 650,000 tonnes of rice in September. In the last 2014 quarter, they hope to export 1.4 million tonnes of rice, bringing the country’s annual rice export volume to 6.3 million tonnes.-VNA |
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