TAKE A LOOK-Rice prices surge as exporters curb supplies
Rice prices are surging as governments and importers rush to stock up the grain on growing fears the food staple will be in short supply, a worrying red flag for Asian policymakers already on alert over inflation and food security.
To see Reuters stories on issues relating to supply, demand and exports of rice, click on: ................. TAKE A LOOK-Food price inflation [ID:nL03499222] LATEST STORIES > Haitian protesters trade food riots for jobs
[ID:nN13436057] > IMF weighs flexible funding to ease food crisis [ID:nN13507338] > Soaring rice prices a global danger, expert warns [ID:nN13312673] > India resists pleas to ease rice export curbs [ID:nDEL64887] > Malaysia buys 200,000 tonnes Thai rice, wants more [ID:nKLR285022] > Japan may sell domestic rice to Philippines
[ID:nT150832] > Vietnam looks to rice exports as stocks ample [ID:nHAN254270] > Rice crop to hit record, but prices still rising [ID:nL13544437] MARKETS/TRADE > UAE rice importers call for 25 pct subsidy - trade [ID:nL10717555] > Philippine traders mostly stay away from rice tender [ID:nSP210651] > China April rice export drops as curbs bite [ID:nPEK208272] > Mexico to allow 250,000 tonnes of rice tariff free [ID:nN08406624] > INTERVIEW-Iran may start buying Thai rice in June [ID:nBKK49516] > Nigeria suspends rice imports for 6 months
[ID:nL07351338] > Vietnam Rice-Exports likely to resume in July-traders [ID:nHAN319296] > Myanmar cyclone stirs more rice supply fears [ID:nSP138772] > Bangladesh bans non-aromatic rice exports [ID:nDHA315394] > Rice prices peaked, could fall to $600-Ebro Puleva [ID:nL05293904] > Pakistan reins in rice exports
[ID:nSIN139873] CROPS/SUPPLY > Indonesia eyes more rice farms amid global supply [ID:nL13584115] > Philippines' farm output up in Q1, upbeat on rice [ID:nSP280606] > Cyclone to slash Myanmar's rice crop by 7 pct-USDA [ID:nWBT008967] > Australia Grain-Wheat, rice plantings spurred by prices [ID:nSYD86337] > UAE to face shortage in rice supplies till August [ID:nL1196675] > Thai 2008 rice exports seen above 9 million tonnes [ID:nBKK272765] > India weighs rice diplomacy, wheat stockpile [ID:nBOM4471] > Manila says rice self-sufficiency at least 3 yrs away [ID:nMAN123623] > Manila halts farmland conversion on rice worries [ID:nMAN41911] > World rice output seen up 1.8 pct y/y in 2008 [ID:nL01775930] > Asia fears lost decade, unrest from food price shock [ID:L05693727] USDA DATA > Rice supply/demand by country -- USDA
[ID:nWRICE] > U.S. weekly rice exports by country - USDA
[ID:nUSDAEXP7] > Weekly world market rice prices - USDA [ID:nN07563910] FACTBOXES > Why have rice prices surged to record highs
[ID:nSP90048] > Food price anger sparks protests
[ID:nL21631542] > Inflation-weary India slaps steel, rice export taxes [ID:nDEL291033] > Five facts on rice, staple of half world [ID:nSP154287] > The world's top ten rice importers and exporters [ID:nSP92778] > Top 5 U.S. rice export markets in past 3 years [ID:nT200661] ANALYSIS/FEATURES/BACKGROUND/OUTLOOK > Bangladeshis told 'eat potatoes' as rice prices soar [ID:nDHA55981] > Food crisis may turn tide in U.S. aid debate [ID:nN07214941] > Rice, wheat prices diverge as fundamentals clash [ID:nKLR229596] > Golf courses, developers nibble at Asia's rice paddies [ID:nJAK257743] > Japan pushes rice as solution to food fears [ID:nT326799] > No quick fix to soothe Asian rice shortage fears [ID:nSP139087] > Rice price pinches budgets, diets in West Africa [ID:nL24641174] > Price surge draws Thai rice barons into spotlight [ID:nBKK242571] > CBOT rice price a benchmark for US, but not world [ID:nN23451659] > Farmers fleeing ancient centre of Philippine rice [ID:nMAN222979] > As rice prices soar, Thai farmers roll up sleeves [ID:nBKK52500] > Rice shortages blur global trade trends, aid U.S. [ID:nN17367490] > India rice export curbs to boost world prices [ID:nL01762562] > Rice a political hot potato in the Philippines [ID:nMAN167546] ................. Page editor: Clarence Fernandez (+65 6870 3923, email:clarence.fernandez@thomsonreuters.com) .................. .
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