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Russia targets Southeast Asian markets for grain exports
Published on 18/07/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia is targeting large markets in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Bangladesh for grain exports in the new marketing season that began on July 1, Ilya Ilyushin, head of state export agency Agroexport, said on Thursday.
Rice prices a hot political issue in Japan
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» SANJO, Japan - All is calm at Satoshi Yamazaki's rice farm, with its freshly planted rows of vivid-green seedlings, but a row over the cost of the staple in Japan is threatening to deal the government a blow at the ballot box.
Thailand Showcases Rice Legacy at Global Convention
Published on 21/05/2025
» Over the past year, Thailand’s rice export performance has been strong, with a large export volume of 9.95 million tons, the highest in 6 years. However, in 2025, Thai rice exports trend is expected to face many challenging factors, such as surplus inventories and stockpiled rice in 2024 in key trading partner countries as well as intensified global competition due to the return of Indian rice exports and potential tariff adjustments under the Trump administration. All of these factors have contributed to volatility in the global rice market and intensified price competition. The global rice market situation tends to slow down effecting the first quarter of 2025 of Thai rice exports, with amount of 1.8 million tonnes, a decline of 27.99% year-on-year, from 2.51 million tonnes in 2024.
Thailand hopeful of reaching rice export target
Reuters, Published on 06/05/2025
» The Thai government is hoping to achieve its rice export target of 7.5 million metric tonnes this year, despite a sharp fall in first-quarter shipments, as sales to the United States have increased, a Commerce Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Tariff uncertainty drives global food prices to 2-year high
Published on 02/05/2025
» Global food prices rose to a two-year high in April, a sign that tariff uncertainty is starting to put a squeeze on trade.
Fighting my corner
Postbag, Published on 06/04/2025
» Re: "Great debates… and some not so great", (PostScript, March 30).
Winnowing the truth on rice prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/02/2025
» Crop price declines remain a persistent challenge for Thailand, with rice a concern this year given its prominence in the agricultural economy.
Headwinds for Thai rice industry
Business, Published on 21/02/2025
» Thai rice exports for the 2024-25 harvest season are expected to decrease after a positive 2023-24, due to the easing of Indian export restrictions on the grain, according to BMI, a Fitch Solutions company.
Japan will tap emergency rice supplies as prices surge 82%
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/02/2025
» TOKYO — Japan will sell 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the grain.
Smarter Products, Safer Lives: Bosch Innovates with AI
Published on 07/01/2025
» Software and artificial intelligence (AI) are already shaping our present. For the future, however, they will be crucial. Bosch was quick to recognise the opportunities offered by intelligent software and services, and focused on them at an early stage: AI now features in every one of the technology company’s products – or was involved in their production. “Intelligent software and digital services have become cornerstones of our core business,” says Tanja Rueckert, member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH, at the CES 2025 electronics trade fair in Las Vegas, Nevada. And the AI and software business is continuing to gain speed: Bosch expects to achieve sales of software and digital services of over 4 billion euros by the beginning of the next decade. The Mobility business sector will generate around two-thirds of this sales revenue.