Broken rice from Cambodia affects export

9 January 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Development policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Rice / Trade
Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters / Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia / Council for Development of Cambodia / Indian aid / Mekong Oryza / Milled Rice / Ministry of Agriculture Fishery and Forestry / paddy rice / rice

Exports of milled rice had fallen dramatically last year because of the poor quality of paddy rice, insiders said yesterday. Milled-rice producers told the Post that a large amount of paddy rice broke. From every 100 kilograms of paddy rice, 20 to 23 kilograms of milled rice were produced, Hun Lak, secretary of the Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia, said. … Because of those poor results, the Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia had provided less capital for millers to buy paddy rice, he said. … Keth Seng, secretary of state for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, said during a meeting earlier this month the price of Cambodian rice had dropped about 100 riel a kilogram on average. Although rice traders cut their prices, the cost of transportation increased last year. In addition, rice-exporting countries such as India sold old stocks of rice, affecting the demand in Cambodia.

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