Milled rice exports climb, prices soar

Cambodia’s milled rice exports increased by more than seven per cent year-on-year during the first 10 months of 2011, while international demand for the grain drove up rice prices by nearly 200 per cent, commerce officials said. The Kingdom exported more than 136,000 tonnes of milled rice between January and October, nearly 9,300 tonnes more than the same period in 2010, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce…

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