The latest move builds on earlier efforts to reduce rising rice stocks and increase sales of locally produced rice. SENEGAL – Senegal has suspended the issuance of Food Import
By Dexter Barro II The Department of Agriculture (DA) is exploring the imposition of higher tariffs by at least 13 percentage points (ppt) on certain rice imports from four of
The Senegalese government has decided to suspend, for a month, the issuance of Food Import Declarations for rice. This measure aims to facilitate the sale of local rice stocks,
The court has directed government agencies to release records linked to the duty free importation of 490,000 tonnes of rice within seven days. KENYA – Kenya’s High Court
By Dexter Barro II Pakistan, one of the Philippines’ top rice suppliers, has questioned whether the Philippine government is complying with global trade rules in its plan to
White rice imports remain stable, broken rice purchases fall sharply The European Union’s rice imports from third countries declined by 11% y-o-y during the 2025/26
KELUM BANDARA Colombo, July 8 (Daily Mirror) – The flooding of the domestic market with imported rice ahead of the harvesting season has triggered the current crisis in
By Namarita Kathait and Ayushi Baloni ,Editor: Adithya Ram HIGHLIGHTS: Kenya’s duty-free rice import policy is expected to increase demand for Indian rice, boosting its
Nippon.com Staff Japan’s soaring rice prices in 2025 led to an unprecedented increase in private imports to 96,834 tons, or almost 100 times as much as in 2024. A Japanese