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.

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TAKE A LOOK-Food price inflation
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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

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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 -
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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
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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
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