Supply Chain - India

India Rice Prices Gain, Expensive Thai Offers Lose Out

Rice export prices from India held near a nine-month high this week on strong demand from buyers in both Asia and Africa, with Thailand losi...

India's Rice Export Prices Hit 9-Month Peak As Demand Recovers

Rice prices in top exporter India hit a nine-month high this week, boosted by a pick-up in demand from African countries even as supplies remain const...

Coronavirus Brews Trouble For Tea, Disrupts Supply As Demand Spikes

The COVID-19 outbreak is causing a rare stir in the usually staid global tea market, with labour lockdowns stifling supplies just as millions in lockdown d...

Coronavirus Prompts Malaysia Palm Plantation Closures, World Vegoil Supply Concerns

Malaysia's palm oil plantations will stop operations for the next two weeks to comply with government orders to contain the spread of the coronavirus, a pr...

Thai Drought Raises Rice Supply Jitters, Vietnam Rates At Over One-Year High

Drought conditions in Thailand stoked concerns of a supply shortage and lifted rice export prices to a more than six-and-a-half-year high this we...

India's Sugar Exports Could Jump Above 5 Million Tonnes On Firm Global Prices

India's sugar exports are likely to jump by nearly a third from a year ago to more than 5 million tonnes in 2019/20 as a rally in global sug...

India Rice Export Prices Slide To Multi-Year Low On Supply Influx

Indian rice export prices fell to their lowest in nearly three years this week as fresh supplies from the summer-sown crop loom large, with subdued global...

Asia-Wide Trade Pact On Course Despite India, Thailand Says

Asian countries held conclusive talks on what could be the world's biggest trade pact and there will be an announcement of success at a summit in Bangkok,...