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Asia rice: Indian rice prices firm, Vietnam rates climb to near two-year highs

Pakistan Published 29 October 2026, 16:24 · archived 29 Oct 2026

Indian rice export prices remained steady this week near their highest level in more than a year, while Vietnam prices climbed to their highest since January 2025 on concerns that supply disruptions could leave exporters struggling to meet new demand. Vietnam’s 5% broken rice was offered at $470-$480 per metric ton on Thursday, up from $440-$450 a week ago. “Domestic supplies are thin,” a trader based in Ho Chi Minh City said. The autumn-winter harvest won’t begin until the end of November, with output forecast to be only half of that of the summer-autumn harvest, traders said. Traders said th...

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