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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter News Detail… Drastic downslide seen in Pak-Afghan trade: SDPI deputy executive Islamabad 19 HOURS AGO BY HAMID KHAN WAZIR
ISLAMABAD: Although Afghanistan has been a key exporting destination for Pakistani goods for the past two decades, a drastic downslide has been seen in the trade between the two countries during the last five years as Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan have come down from $2.6 billion in 2011 to $1.2 billion in 2016. This was stated by Dr Vaqar Ahmed, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) deputy executive during his lecture at the 8th Pak-Afghan Youth Dialogue titled “Launching a Joint Offensive Against Poverty: Pakistan & Afghanistan’s Common Enemy” organised by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) on Tuesday. The purpose of the dialogue is to promote a healthy discourse between the youth of Pakistan and Afghanistan and to bridge the gap of mistrust that exists between the two. Vaqar mainly attributed the downward trend in the trade between the two countries to the heightened security protocols on the Pakistani side, improved manufacturing facilities
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter in Afghanistan, the rise in Afghanistan’s trade with Iran and other regional economies and the increase in informal trade, bringing the export to less than $1 billion at present. He said that in March 2017, the most popular commodities that found their way to Afghanistan from Pakistan included rice, wheat flour, cane and beet sugar, sucrose, sugar confectionery, household articles, and plastics. Among the export of services, Pakistan provided business and government-related services, telecommunications, information technology and transport, and health services. During the same month, Pakistan’s major imports from Afghanistan were coal and cotton, he added. He said that like trade in locally-produced goods and services, its flow has also reduced from 75,000 containers in 2010 to fewer than 49,000 containers in 2016 mainly due to the reduced demand of NATO for transit services, the recent slowdown in Afghanistan’s economy and higher flows of transit via Iran and Central Asia. However, he lamented, that there are 11 notified trade routes between the two countries, but trade is allowed only through three routes, urging that the community on both the sides should be allowed to do business. He said that there are several countries which had severe issues, but they didn’t disturb their trade ties such as India, China and South Korea, North Korea. He also said that among other things that the cross-border traders were worried about, two of those are the security of merchandise and inadequate banking facilities. A critical study of the official documents on both sides, particularly the minutes of the Joint Economic Council (JEC) meetings, reveals that several mutually-agreed decisions have yet to be implemented on.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter For instance, both sides had promised to open more trade and transit routes, streamlining visarelated facilities at the border along with the provision of multiple long-term visas for business persons, but no progress has been made in this regard. Apart from the need to have a more expanded network of Pakistani banks in Afghanistan, there are challenges in finance and insurance sectors that are preventing the growth of trade. He said that businessmen resort to the Hawala system since there are no bank branches or formal money exchange companies near the Chaman border. Moreover, he suggested that Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and its counterparts in Kabul need to revisit the tariff and para-tariffs imposed on the incoming goods from both sides. He suggested that both the governments should sit together and amicably resolve their mutual issues because due to such inflexible stances by both the sides ultimately, it is the loss of the consumers on both sides who will end up paying for a breakdown of trade diplomacy. Despite the above-mentioned complex issues, he said, the business community remains bullish on the APPTA and has already proposed that this arrangement should include an investment and a ‘trade in services’ clause. This can strengthen the cross-border value chains and also promote trade-led investment in Afghanistan. He urged the need for a meeting of the representatives of Afghanistan Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the presidents of both the ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry and SAARC Chambers of Commerce and Industry with the request to send a formal 4
communication to both heads of states.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The apex chambers of commerce on both sides need to invest resources to showcase their argument in print, electronic and social media, and highlight the loss to producers, traders and consumers as a result of the lack of bilateral trade cooperation. Besides, a detailed orientation may be organised for economic journalists in Kabul and Islamabad, so that repeated messaging is ensured through various forms. Development partners will also need to invest resources in helping trade advocacy efforts on both sides.
Pak-UAE trade, investment boom owe to more delegations, information: UAE envoy Staff Reporter Karachi
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FPCCI leadership and United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to Pakistan, at an interactive session here at the Federation House, on Tuesday emphasized on exchange of more business delegations and information to boost the bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation as there are many potential opportunities on both sides.UAE Ambassador Hamad Obaid Al Zaabi, on his first official trip to Karachi, had visited the apex trade body of Pakistan, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, to discus important trade and investment issues between his country and Pakistan, and to find the solution. He was accompanied by UAE Consul General in Karachi Naseer Huwaiden Al Kethi. On FPCCI side, prominent business leaders were Vice Presidents Tariq Haleem, Waheed Ahmed and Ms. Shabbana Zafar, former president Zubair F.Tufail, former senior president S.Khalid Tawab, former vice presidents Arshad Vohra and Arshad Farooq, leading textile industrialist and Chairman, UAE-Pakistan Business Council at FPCCI, Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig. He said there was a big potential in both the countries and that further promotion of trade and investment was required. In future, Pakistan could do more business with UAE emirates, he noted. “I do feel at home in Pakistan and our Consul General here is also working in very good environment,” he remarked. He said in 2020, Dubai International Expo would be held which would prove the best opportunity for Pakistan to project its economic potential and its goods and services. This would be the first such an expo in the Middle East. Pakistani traders and investors should take maximum benefit from this event, he said. In 2018, UAE had planned to organize many conferences and other events for architecting a road-map for promoting trade and investment. This would include one-on-one meetings of
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Companies’ representatives to share information at a large scale. “Lot of things we can do together,” he asserted. He also expressed his satisfaction that around one hundred thousand Pakistanis were living peacefully in different states of UAE and were contributing towards the economy. According to statistics available with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) the trade between Pakistan and UAE had increased by 9.4 percent to dollars 8.3 billion in the fiscal year 2016-17 against the previous year. The imports from UAE in last fiscal year increased from $ 6.62 billion to $ 7.23 billion. Whereas, the exports decreased by 1.83 percent – from $1.08 billion to $ 1.06 billion. FPCCI former president Zubair F. Tufail appreciated the UAE leadership’s vision to make investment in more countries. He invited more investment from UAE as there was a big potential in various sectors in Pakistan. Leading textile exporter and Chairman, Pak-UAE Business Consul at FPCCI, Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig called for the earliest singing and implementation of free trade agreement (FTA). This would offer many concessions on the imports from both the sides and would be very helpful in promoting the bilateral trade. He also requested the UAE Ambassador that Pakistan’s rice should be included in their imports list. https://pakobserver.net/pak-uae-trade-investment-boom-owe-delegations-information-uaeenvoy/
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Beef up NFA’s rice stockpile By BusinessMirror Editorial January 16, 2018 The National Food Authority (NFA) recently announced that the country’s current rice inventory is good for 92 days. At a daily consumption rate of some 31,000 metric tons (MT), this means that rice stocks held by households, commercial warehouses and the food agency amount to some 2.9 million metric tons. The bulk of this volume, based on historical data, is usually with households and private traders. The rice stockpile of the NFA, however, would only last for three days, according to its spokesman. This volume is lower than the 15-day stockpile requirement of the LegislativeExecutive Development Advisory Council. During the lean months, when Philippine rice harvest declines significantly and the country is frequented by storms, the NFA is required to maintain a 30-day buffer stock. This stockpile allows the NFA to immediately release stocks in areas hit by natural disasters. Access to food is usually a major problem following the devastation caused by natural disasters, such as strong typhoons. Rice in government warehouses are usually given to evacuees and other residents in affected areas. That is why the pronouncement of the food agency attached to the Office of the President that its stockpile is good for only three days is worrisome. As the NFA also distributes rice in markets to stabilize domestic prices, this information could be used by unscrupulous traders to gain a windfall by hoarding rice. Also, harvest of paddy in a number of rice-producing areas is two months away and this could embolden speculators. The implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law could also be used as rationale by some traders to jack up prices. The TRAIN law, which took effect on January 1, increased the excise taxes on fuel products. It is almost always the case that when fuel prices go up, the impact is absorbed by consumers. What could exacerbate the supply situation of the NFA is the threat of Mayon Volcano’s eruption. The Philippine Volcanology and Seismology has recently raised Alert Level 3, which means that hazardous eruption is possible within weeks or days. Thousands of residents in barangays in Albay have already evacuated and are currently being housed in 18 evacuation centers. These residents are in need of government assistance, including food, until such time that the situation in the province has returned to normalcy. To prop up its stockpile, the NFA will import 250,000 MT of rice. As of last week, however, they are still awaiting the volume that would be recommended by the interagency National Food Security Committee (NFSC). While the food agency has already been given the go signal by the NFA Council, it could not yet purchase imported rice pending the NFSC recommendation.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Pending the arrival of rice imports, we call on the government to strictly monitor markets and see to it that rice retailers would not unduly increase their prices. We urge the NFA to step up its monitoring activities so unscrupulous traders would be discouraged from hoarding rice. The government must also make up its mind on importing rice so that rice imports would not arrive during harvest. https://businessmirror.com.ph/beef-up-nfas-rice-stockpile/
Ombudsman Claims Mismanagement in Rice Import Move
OMBUDSMAN CLAIMS MISMANAGEMENT IN RICE IMPORT MOVE ARDI WIRDANAJAN 16, 2018 FEATURED, HOMEPAGE_POSTS, NEWS, TOP READSCOMMENTS OFF ON OMBUDSMAN CLAIMS MISMANAGEMENT IN RICE IMPORT MOVE
The Indonesian Ombudsman have declared signs of mismanagement in the Trade Ministry’s controversial move of importing 500,000 tonnes from Vietnam and Thailand.“There are signs of maladministration that we found,” said Ombudsman member Alamsyah Saragih, as quoted by BBC Indonesia. “We have given warning because we have a preventative function [to fulfil].”The Trade Ministry recently announced that it planned to import 500,000 tonnes of rice to prevent a shortage in the country, despite the Agriculture Ministry previously saying that rice production has not decreased and rice supplies remain sufficient.Trade Minister Enggartisto Lukita said that the ministry plans to import premium-quality rice and sell it at medium-quality price. According to the Ombudsman, one of the aspects of the plan that has attracted attention is the fact that the ministry has appointed private company PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter (PPI) as the importing company, when in the past, it has always been the responsibility of state logistics agency Bulog. Alamsyah stressed that the Ombudsman are neither for nor against rice imports, but that it expects everything to be done in accordance to the rules. “We are an administrative regime. So as long as it is in accordance with the right procedure, the import is the government’s concern. If it is not right, the Ombudsman have to remind (the government) because we are supervisors,” Alamsyah said. The price of rice in several regions has been rising around Rp.500 per week since the end of the year, currently reaching Rp.13,000 per kilogram, which is the highest it has been in two decades. According to sellers, the price of rice is due to the decline in supply from rice producing regions such as West and East Java. http://indonesiaexpat.biz/featured/ombudsman-claims-mismanagement-rice-import-move/
Unreliable data forced hand in rice import: Minister 16.01.2018
| UkrAgroConsult Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has admitted that the government had no reliable data on rice production or demand, which had forced it to resort to unplanned imports in an effort to ease the price increase. It had claimed earlier that local rice production was enough to meet the demand.Darmin said on Monday in Jakarta that the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) would cooperate in gathering rice production data, including the dimensions of planted rice fields and harvest dates. “The government hopes we will also have data on irrigated rice fields in Indonesia,” he said at his office as reported by tempo.co, adding that the data would be included in the One Map Policy that would be launched on Aug. 18.He said the government would also hire an independent institution to gather the rice data.The government announced last week that it would import 500,000 tons of rice in late January, although the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) had said earlier that 2.8 million tons of rice was produced last year against an annual demand of only 2.6 million tons.Ombudsman Indonesia commissioner Ahmad Alamsyah Saragih had earlier criticized the government for its unreliable rice data that had triggered market problems, pointing out that the government should also have valid data on rice stocks that were ready for distribution. “Don’t just supply us only with [data on] rice production surplus,” he added. http://www.blackseagrain.net/novosti/unreliable-data-forced-hand-in-rice-import-minister
Boost padi yields now or prepare for dearer rice, expert warns Melissa Darlyne Chow
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Kam Suan Pheng says unpredictable weather conditions will threaten crop cycles and it is time to increase yields for self-sufficiency.
GEORGE TOWN: The price of rice is likely to shoot up in the future, as unpredictable weather threatens to affect crop cycles, an environmentalist said. Kam Suan Pheng, a geospatial consultant and expert, said there was, therefore, a need to improve yields and adopt better production technologies. She said a projection of climate-induced change in production of irrigated rice in Asia in 2050 showed that in countries such as Pakistan and India – from which Malaysia imported rice – there would be a drop in rice productivity. The warmer, wetter and weirder changes in weather patterns will have an impact on Asian rice production. “We are rice eaters so we should be worried about this. Any country that is exporting, when there is a drop in productivity, they will look for their self-sufficiency first before they export. So volumes of export will reduce and prices will increase.” Kam said this when speaking on “Sustainability Challenges from a Changing Climate: Food and Water Security for Penang”, at the Symposium on Sustainable Penang today. In terms of Malaysia’s rice self-sufficiency, Kam said Malaysia had seen a sharp increase in rice imports since 2000. The country’s self-sufficiency, she said, had remained essentially the same at 64%, with the national rice padi yield at 3.84 tonnes per hectare.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Under the national agricultural policy, Kam said the target was to reach 96% self-sufficiency, which meant that the national padi yield would have to go up to 5.75 tonnes per hectare. She noted that Malaysia’s rice production was higher than that of Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s but that Vietnam had gone far ahead of Malaysia in 2015. “The Muda Agriculture Development Authority (MADA) is doing pretty well. Sekinchan has the highest yield so far. Penang is not doing too bad, at about 5.7 tonnes per hectare. “This is close to the national average of Vietnam, but the Malaysian national average is brought down as the productivity in other areas are not as high,” she said. This meant, Kam said, that to get the kind of targeted self-sufficiency, Malaysia had to move a bit further up from the Penang level. She said that others had mentioned the target for Penang’s rice production between 2015 and 2020 should increase by 75%, which meant, the yield for Penang must increase from 5.7 tonnes to 10 tonnes/ha. “To be able to achieve this, we have to try to grow rice with less water. We don’t talk only about productivity in terms of tonnes/ha, but we need more crop per drop. “The technology is available. There is alternate wetting, where you don’t need to flood the fields all the time. “This technology has proven to work in Vietnam and China. But we are not doing it here. Reduces methane emission, but requires good irrigation management. Can we have that?” Kam asked. Kam also cited Taiwan’s water infrastructure as an example. “But you don’t have to go all the way to Taiwan. Basically the irrigation infrastructure in Sekinchan is already quite good. Sekinchan has the highest yields. “At the same time we have not adopted water saving technologies yet, but we have the potential to do so. “If Penang wants to reach the 10 tonnes/ha target with less water, we have to go this way. There is the potential in Sekinchan, but we still need investments to have this kind of level in Penang,” she added. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/01/16/boost-padi-yields-now-or-prepare-fordearer-rice-expert-warns/
Rana Afzal optimistic on early resumption of banking ties with Iran Islamabad Minister of State for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal has expressed optimism for early resumption of banking ties between Islamabad and Tehran. In an interview with Iranian news agency, the Minister said he is giving extra focus on banking ties with Iran so that the two friendly neighbors can have better trade relationship.“Certainly Iran wants to improve relations with Pakistan, and Pakistan too is interested to improve trade relations with Iran. We need to develop banking relationship and we are working on this and very soon we should be able to
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter have the banks on both sides to open letters of credits and do some business.’ The minister added bilateral meetings between the two countries keep on taking place. “We want to increase trade between our two countries and Iran is doing trade with many countries.” The minister said Iran’s ambassador has informed him that sanctions do not cover many types of trade between Iran and Pakistan. “So we are working on this very keenly with a focus that how we can improve our trade ties with Iran.”‘We are trying to have some private banks interested in opening branches and taking business from each other. Banking sector in Pakistan is in private hands and there is only one government bank,” Afzal said. He said more business delegations exchange and more facilitation at the government level will enhance trade between the two countries. “There is already good will in Pakistan. We have surplus food items. Pakistan has rice to export and textiles and Iran has petroleum products. Regional trade is always a better trade so we are trying to do within the permissible limits. Unfortunately due to sanctions our business has gone down. It is not only Iran that has suffered but Pakistan has also suffered, so we want to solve this problem,” he said.—INP https://pakobserver.net/rana-afzal-optimistic-early-resumption-banking-ties-iran/
BREAK BREAD WITH BANGKOK REFUGEES AT ‘BAZAAR’ By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter January 16, 2018 11:38 am
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter BANGKOK — Do something to help Bangkok’s refugee population at an event promoting their music, food and crafts next month.After being canceled due to an immigration crackdown, the Intercultural Bazaar is set to host international music performances and traditional cooking from five countries – Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Vietnam and Cambodia.Traditional crafts including embroidery and cool henna designs inspired by refugees from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia and Vietnam will available along with handmade product workshops hosted by local brand Chamaliin. Asylum seekers from several nations will prepare dishes from their homelands for sale at low cost. Expect samosas, pakora and biryani rice from Pakistan alongside Syrian kebab, fatayer, hummus and ma’amoul (date biscuits). Sri Lankan dishes will include savory nuts, watalappam (cardamom spiced coconut custard) and sweet Laddu balls. Vietnamese Bahn Mi sandwiches, spring rolls and loklak (Khmer beef stew) will also be served.Admission is free. Money from food and craft sales go to the individuals involved in making them. The event runs 5pm to 11pm on Feb. 10 at Brownstone Studio. The studio-gallery-cafe is located in Soi Sukhumvit 77 near Soi On Nut 25 and can be reached by motorbike or taxi from BTS On Nut.In Bangkok alone, there are several thousands of refugees and asylum seekers. They are not allowed to work and risk being detained and sent to immigration detention centers. http://www.khaosodenglish.com/life/food/2018/01/16/break-bread-bangkok-refugees-bazaar/
Farmers go against the grain
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Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 by eddie chua
Hybrid enemy: The Clearfield strain has cross-bred with the weed-like ‘padi angin’ variety, a pest in the rice fields, making it resistant to the herbicide used by farmers. EXCLUSIVE: PETALING JAYA: Padi farmers around the country are abandoning the supposedly “high yield’ Clearfield padi strain.
The special strain, which took seven years’ research and a grant of RM1.2mil to develop, is now a flop. Instead of solving the problem, it amplified it, no thanks in part to greedy farmers. Seeing its bountiful yield, they planted Clearfield more often than they were supposed to. “The special padi plant has now cross-bred with the weedy rice or padi angin, which is considered a pest in commercial rice fields,” said Mardi’s Rice Research Centre director Dr Zainal Abidin Hassan. “As such, the weed, also known as red rice throughout the many rice-growing regions, is now resistant to (the herbicide) imidazolinone. “Farmers are unable to control the weedy rice from growing, making it more expensive to maintain the field,” he said.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Clearfield or CL rice cultivar was jointly developed between the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) and chemical giant BASF. The strain takes a shorter time to grow, consumes less water and promises high productivity. Clearfield yielded eight to nine tonnes of padi per hectare compared with other Malaysian rice strains, which could only produce slightly above five tonnes per hectare. Dr Zainal said Clearfield should only be grown in two cycles in a year, with an interval of one planting season. But farmers cashed in on the strain’s easier upkeep and planted beyond the recommended guidelines. “Farmers took advantage of the high yield and grew it more times than what they were supposed to. “As a result, the weed cross-bred with Clearfield. “Clearfield transferred its herbicide-resistant trait to the weedy rice, making it a hybrid, resistance to the herbicide which is used at the beginning of the padi growing season to stem its growth,” said Dr Zainal. He said that over 80% of the weed was now resistant to imidazolinone, based on Mardi’s twoyear study at major rice-growing areas around the country. He said Clearfield was supposed to have a lifespan of at least between 10 and 15 years before it outlived its usefulness. “The effort and time spent to develop this hardy strain is now wasted,” said Dr Zainal. He said that finding a new hardy variation to replace Clearfield would be a long and expensive affair. “Clearfield was developed on a pre-existing technology. Despite that, it took seven years to be perfected.” The same cross-breeding issue has also been demonstrated by a team of academics from Universiti Putra Malaysia, who carried out field tests and demonstrated how weedy rice could carry over the herbicide-resistant trait in one year. Dr Zainal said that despite the unclear future of Clearfield, they were hoping to find a solution. “We are carrying out experiments to modify the current two Clearfield variations to make it hardier and useful again. Only time will tell.” Dr Zainal said while Mardi developed the strain, they did not keep track of who grew the crop. But in recent years, through their observations and field studies in several private rice fields in Pahang and several other rice-growing states, they found that the padi angin was resistant to herbicide and farmers were abandoning the strain. Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/01/16/farmers-go-against-the-grain-weedinterbreeding-sees-clearfields-future-grow-cloudy/#TgvZ4t1ZswOCEXl7.99
Nagpur Foodgrain Prices Open- January 17, 2018 JANUARY 17, 2018 / 1:55 PM / Nagpur Foodgrain Prices – APMC/Open Market-January 17, 2018 Nagpur, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Gram prices declined in Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Committee (APMC) on poor buying support from local millers amid high moisture content arrival. Weak trend on NCDEX, easy condition in Madhya Pradesh gram prices and release of stock from stockists also pushed down prices in thin trading activity. About 200 bags of gram reported for auction in Nagpur APMC, according to sources. FOODGRAINS & PULSES GRAM * Desi gram raw quoted down in open market here on lack of demand from local traders amid good supply from millers. TUAR * Tuar gavarani reported higher in open market here on good demand from local traders. * Rice varieties zoomed up in open market here on increased festival season demand from local traders amid tight supply from producing belts. * In Akola, Tuar New – 4,100-4,200, Tuar dal (clean) – 6,400-6,600, Udid Mogar (clean) – 7,600-8,700, Moong Mogar (clean) 7,300-7,600, Gram – 4,300-4,400, Gram Super best – 6,200-6,700 * Wheat, rice and other foodgrain items moved in a narrow range in scattered deals and settled at last levels in weak trading activity. Nagpur foodgrains APMC auction/open-market prices in rupees for 100 kg FOODGRAINS Available prices Previous close Gram Auction 3,050-3,530 3,200-3,700 Gram Pink Auction n.a. 2,100-2,600 Tuar Auction n.a. 3,300-4,575 Moong Auction n.a. 3,900-4,200 Udid Auction n.a. 4,300-4,500 Masoor Auction n.a. 2,600-2,800 Wheat Mill quality Auction 1,500-1,732 1,580-1,718 Gram Super Best Bold 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000 Gram Super Best n.a. n.a. Gram Medium Best 6,000-6,200 6,000-6,200 Gram Dal Medium n.a. n.a
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Gram Mill Quality 3,900-4,000 3,900-4,000 Desi gram Raw 4,000-4,150 4,000-4,200 Gram Kabuli 12,400-13,000 12,400-13,000 Tuar Fataka Best-New 6,600-6,800 6,600-6,800 Tuar Fataka Medium-New 6,300-6,500 6,300-6,500 Tuar Dal Best Phod-New 5,800-6,000 5,800-6,000 Tuar Dal Medium phod-New 5,400-5,700 5,400-5,700 Tuar Gavarani New 4,350-4,650 4,300-4,600 Tuar Karnataka 4,700-4,900 4,700-4,900 Masoor dal best 5,200-5,400 5,200-5,400 Masoor dal medium 4,700-5,000 4,700-5,000 Masoor n.a. n.a. Moong Mogar bold (New) 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000 Moong Mogar Medium 6,500-7,000 6,500-7,000 Moong dal Chilka 5,800-6,600 5,800-6,600 Moong Mill quality n.a. n.a. Moong Chamki best 7,500-8,000 7,500-8,000 Udid Mogar best (100 INR/KG) (New) 8,000-9,000 8,000-9,000 Udid Mogar Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,800-7,000 5,800-7,000 Udid Dal Black (100 INR/KG) 5,000-6,400 5,000-6,400 Batri dal (100 INR/KG) 5,000-5,300 5,000-5,300 Lakhodi dal (100 INR/kg) 2,500-2,600 2,500-2,600 Watana Dal (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,350 3,200-3,350 Watana Green Best (100 INR/KG) 3,400-3,800 3,400-3,800 Wheat 308 (100 INR/KG) 1,900-2,000 1,900-2,000 Wheat Mill quality (100 INR/KG) 1,750-1,850 1,750-1,850 Wheat Filter (100 INR/KG) 2,150-2,350 2,150-2,350 Wheat Lokwan best (100 INR/KG) 2,250-2,450 2,250-2,450 Wheat Lokwan medium (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,200 Lokwan Hath Binar (100 INR/KG) n.a. n.a. MP Sharbati Best (100 INR/KG) 3,200-3,800 3,200-3,800 MP Sharbati Medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,800 2,400-2,800 Rice BPT best (100 INR/KG) 3,500-4,000 3,200-3,600 Rice BPT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,000-3,200 2,700-2,800 Rice BPT new (100 INR/KG) 2,800-3,500 2,700-3,300 Rice Luchai (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,500 2,300-2,500 Rice Swarna best (100 INR/KG) 2,600-2,800 2,500-2,600 Rice Swarna medium (100 INR/KG) 2,400-2,500 2,350-2,450 Rice Swarna new (100 INR/KG) 2,300-2,450 2,250-2,400 Rice HMT best (100 INR/KG) 4,200-4,600 4,100-4,500 Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 3,600-4,000 3,500-3,900 Rice HMT medium (100 INR/KG) 4,000-4,400 3,800-4,200
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Rice Shriram best(100 INR/KG) 5,200-5,500 5,000-5,400 Rice Shriram med (100 INR/KG) 4,700-5,000 4,400-4,900 Rice Shriram new (100 INR/KG) 4,800-5,200 4,700-5,000 Rice Basmati best (100 INR/KG) 9,500-14,000 9,500-13,500 Rice Basmati Medium (100 INR/KG) 5,000-7,500 4,800-7,000 Rice Chinnor best 100 INR/KG) 6,200-6,400 5,800-6,000 Rice Chinnor medium (100 INR/KG) 5,600-5,900 5,200-5,500 Rice Chinnor new (100 INR/KG) 5,800-6,000 5,700-5,900 Jowar Gavarani (100 INR/KG) 2,000-2,200 2,000-2,100 Jowar CH-5 (100 INR/KG) 1,800-2,000 1,700-2,000 WEATHER (NAGPUR) Maximum temp. 31.1 degree Celsius, minimum temp. 10.7 degree Celsius Rainfall : Nil FORECAST: Mainly clear sky. Maximum and minimum temperature would be around and 31 and 11 degree Celsius respectively. Note: n.a.--not available (For oils, transport costs are excluded from plant delivery prices, butincluded in market prices) https://in.reuters.com/article/nagpur-foodgrain/nagpur-foodgrain-prices-open-january-17-2018idINL3N1PC32P
Rice exports expected to hit more than three million tonnes Submitted by Eleven on Mon, 01/15/2018 - 19:23 Writer: Nilar Having already exceeded original projections, rice exports are expected to reach beyond three million tonnes in 2017-2018 fiscal year, according to Nay Lin Zin, joint-secretary of Myanmar Rice Federation.As of January 5, the country had shipped over 2.6 million tonnes of rice this fiscal year, said Khin Maung Lwin, assistant permanent secretary of the Commerce Ministry, with export earnings increasing by more than US$480 million over last year. Original expectations were for 2 million tonnes of rice exports.Between April 1, 2017 and now, the exports of rice via border trade increased by more than 700,000 tonnes of rice, while sea-based exports topped 900,000 tonnes, compared with the same period last year, Khin Maung Lwin added. Between 1920 and 1941, Myanmar was able to export up to three million tonnes of rice. Exports declined during the independence and post-independence period. In 1956, 1957, 1959 and 1960, rice exports amounted to just one million tonnes, according to the MRF. Chit Khaing, president of the Myanmar Rice Federation said the organisation is working toward earnings of $1 billion from exports of three million tonnes by the year 2020.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Rice exports were expected to hit two million tonnes this fiscal year, a figure already exceeded. The MRF is selling rice to international buyers and implementing a government-to-government scheme in cooperation with the government. http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/13145
Rice millers to adapt new grading methods January 15, 2018
GRDB Deputy General Manager, Ms. Allison Peters
–to meet int’l trade requirements
A NEW grading system is being introduced by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), in conformity with Guyana’s international obligations with regards to trade in rice. The new grading standard is “Gys 211; 2014”, and according to the GRDB’s Deputy General Manager, Ms. Allison Peters, once implemented, the new system will benefit millers and farmers significantly, as it will better position them to tap into international markets. She said that the GRDB has begun training its quality control staff on the new system, and will also be targetting millers and farmers to have the system fully implemented by the first crop of 2019.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The development of this new internationally-accepted grading system, follows a review done in 2014 and ever since, particularly over the past year, the GRDB has been training its extension officers, millers, farmers and other stakeholders how to use it. “Under the new grading system,” Peters said, “all broken rice will be taken out and then all the grading factors such as chalky, broken, etc. will only be applied to whole grains.” Farmers, on the other hand, will have a wider band of grades for their paddy, which means that whereas before grains with a 3.5 per cent damage were classified as “substandard”, the rating will now go to those with a 4.5 per cent damage, which were before referred to as “sample grade”. The new grading process will also allow for a higher percentage of red grains, which will now redound to the benefit of the farmer at the mills. “You see, better grades ultimately mean better prices going to our farmers, which is an added plus, and something we at the GRDB have been working on over the years to see materialise,” Peters said. “In 2018, much has been earmarked to be completed in conjunction with our farmers and millers,” she added. She also disclosed that significant progress has been made towards the release of a new highyielding variety of rice this year. She said that field trials are currently underway, with several farmers across the country having been provided with seed paddy for this new variety. This will mean that an evaluation of field conditions can be done at the end of this first crop, after which a determination will be made as to an official release of the new variety of the second crop. This will bring to 15 the total number of new varieties released by the GRDB’s Research Station at Burma. In-house trials of this new variety have been yielding very exciting results, according to Ms. Peters, who added that this could be another winner for the local rice industry. The new varieties have pushed Guyana’s average yields from 20 bags per acre to 38 bags per acre for the last crop, with some farmers reporting yields of up to 60 bags per acre.
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Ex-DA chief, 9 others face graft raps over car loan plans by: Perfecto Raymundo-Philippine News Agency | 16/01/2018 MANILA — The Office of the Ombudsman has charged before the Sandiganbayan former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary and now Bohol Rep. Arthur Yap and nine other officials with graft in connection with the alleged irregular car loan plans given to the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) from 2008 to 2009. The Ombudsman charged Yap, who was then the Chairman of the PhilRice Board of Trustees, with one count each of violation of Sections 3(e) and 3(g) of Republic Act 3019, or the “AntiGraft and Corrupt Practices Act.”
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Also named respondents are then-PhilRice board members Johnifer Batara, Fe Laysa, William Padolina, Winston Corvera, Gelia Castillo, Senen Bacani, and Rodolfo Undan. Former PhilRice Executive Director Ronillo Beronio and former cashier Fe Lumawag are also facing charges of violation of Section 3(h) of RA 3019. The PhilRice Board of Trustees allegedly conspired with one another when they favored 10 beneficiary-employees for the institute’s car plan, allowing them to obtain personal loans from the Philippine National Bank (PNB) for the purchase of private cars. The cars were then leased to PhilRice for the employees’ official use, despite the fact that they supposedly continue to receive transportation allowances, “thereby causing undue injury to PhilRice, for it could not utilize its deposits with PNB during the subsistence of the loans,” the Ombudsman said. It added the contract for the car plan had also failed to undergo public bidding. Beronio and Lumawag allegedly signed holdout agreements with PNB pursuant to the car plan, which disallowed PhilRice to withdraw funds from its PNB account until the personal loans worth PHP15.78 million are paid in full. Beronio himself was a beneficiary of the car plan. The Ombudsman has recommended a PHP60,000 bail bond each for Yap and the other PhilRice Board of Trustees members. It has also recommended PHP90,000 and PHP30,000 bail bonds for Beronio and Lumawag, respectively. Perfecto Raymundo, Jr. /PNA – northboundasia.com http://northboundasia.com/2018/01/16/ex-da-chief-9-others-face-graft-raps-car-loan-plans/
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Yap, PhilRice execs charged in anomalous P15.8-M car plan By: Vince F. Nonato- Reporter / @VinceNonatoINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:04 AM January 17, 2018 Former Agriculture Secretary and now Bohol Rep. Arthur Yap Former Agriculture Secretary and now Bohol Rep. Arthur Yap has been charged anew in the Sandiganbayan, this time over a car plan for employees of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) that was deemed disadvantageous to the government. Yap was charged with one count each of violating Section 3(e) and 3(g) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits public officials from causing undue injury to the government and giving unwarranted benefits to private parties.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The Ombudsman accused Yap and eight PhilRice officials of approving from 2008 to 2009 a car plan that allowed 10 employees to obtain personal loans from Philippine National Bank, which were secured with PhilRice’s own funds. Named as Yap’s coaccused in the two graft cases were Ronilo Beronio, former PhilRice executive director; incumbent trustees Winston Corvera and Senen Bacani; and former trustees Johnifer Batara, Fe Laysa, William Padolina and Rodolfo Undan. Also charged was trustee Gelia Castillo despite her having died. Article 89 of the Revised Penal Code extinguishes the criminal liability of an accused who dies while the case is pending. Don't miss out on the latest news and information.
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Ex-Agriculture chief, others face graft raps over Philrice car plan BY MA. REINA LEANNE TOLENTINO, TMT ON JANUARY 17, 2018 The Office of the Ombudsman has filed graft cases before the Sandiganbayan against former Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap and others in connection with a car plan that was allegedly instituted by the then-board of trustees of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). “Why are they holding me liable when I was not present when the board gave its approval? I also gave conditions as board chair[man]that should the measure be approved with finality, then all terms must be advantageous to government and procedures must be followed. I never availed of any car plan myself. This is a baseless suit,” Yap, now the congressional representative of Bohol’s Third District, said in a text message on Tuesday. In the first charge sheet, the Ombudsman accused the following of violating Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act: Yap, who was then-DA secretary and chairman of PhilRice’s board of trustees at the time material to the case; then-PhilRice board of trustees
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter members Johnifer Batara, Fe Laysa, William Padolina, Winston Corvera, Gelia Castillo, Senen Bacani and Rodolfo Undan; and then-PhilRice executive director Ronillo Beronio. The Ombudsman alleged “[t]hat from the year 2008 to 2009 or sometime prior or subsequent thereto,” the nine accused, “conspiring with one another,” “g[a]ve unwarranted benefits and advantage to” the then beneficiary-employees of the PhilRice car plan allegedly “by instituting said car plan that” supposedly “allowed the said [then]beneficiary-employees to obtain personal loans from the Philippine National Bank [PNB] for the purchase of their private cars, secured by the PhilRice funds through hold out agreements with PNB; which private cars were then” allegedly “leased by PhilRice for the official use of the [then]beneficiary-employees without the benefit of public bidding; with the [then]beneficiary-employees” allegedly “being still entitled to transportation allowance despite the use of an official vehicle.” Thereby, according to the Ombudsman, the accused allegedly caused “undue injury to PhilRice for it could not utilize its deposits with PNB during the subsistence of the loans and its” supposed “failure to obtain the best possible car rental deals, among other things.” Section 3(e) of the anti-graft law prohibits public officers from causing undue injury to any party, or giving a private party unwarranted benefits, advantage or preference in the discharge of their official administrative or judicial functions through manifest partiality, evident bad faith or gross inexcusable negligence. In the second charge sheet, the Ombudsman accused the following individuals of violating Section 3(g) of the anti-graft law: Yap, Batara, Laysa, Padolina, Corvera, Castillo, Bacani, Undan, Beronio and Fe Lumawag, who was then-cashier IV of PhilRice. It alleged in the second charge sheet that the 10 accused, “conspiring with one another,” “enter[ed]into contracts/transactions” in 2009 “in behalf of the government that were manifestly and grossly disadvantageous to it, with Beronio and Lumawag” allegedly “signing hold out agreements” with PNB, “pursuant to the PhilRice car plan” supposedly “instituted by the [then]PhilRice Board of Trustees,” allegedly “subjecting PhilRice’s deposit with PNB to the agreement that said deposit will not be withdrawn until the car/personal loans guaranteed are paid in full amounting to P15,780,000.00.” Section 3(g) of the anti-graft law prohibits public officers from entering, on the government’s behalf, into contracts or transactions “manifestly and grossly disadvantageous to” it. In a separate charge sheet, the Ombudsman accused Beronio of violating Section 3(h) of the antigraft law. It alleged “[t]hat from 2008 to 2010 or sometime prior or subsequent thereto,” Beronio “intervene[d]in contracts/transactions over which he” supposedly “had direct financial or pecuniary interest” allegedly “by issuing administrative orders setting the guidelines for the
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter PhilRice car plan and entering into hold out agreements with” PNB, “on behalf of PhilRice, whereby PhilRice funds were” supposedly “used as security for the loan obligations of [then]PhilRice employees under the PhilRice car plan,” allegedly “all the while being himself a [then]beneficiary of the PhilRice car plan.” Section 3(h) of Republic Act 3019 prohibits public officers from “[d]irectly or indirectly having financial or pecuniary interest in any business, contract or transaction in connection with which” they intervene or take part in their official capacity.
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India's wholesale price inflation rate declines to 3.58% in December ws
16 January 2018
The annual rate of inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) stood at 3.58 per cent (provisional) for the month in December, 2017 compared to 3.93 per cent in the previous month and 2.10 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year, provisional figures released by the commerce ministry showed. Build-up of inflation during the financial year so far was 2.21 per cent compared to a build up of 3.71 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous year. Inflation rate for the 'primary articles' group, which has a weight of 22.62 per cent in the wholesale price index (WPI) declined by 2.9 per cent in December 2017. Among primary articles, inflation rate for the 'food articles' group declined by 4.3 per cent due to lower prices of fruits and vegetables, peas / chawali, gram, rajma, urad, masur, coffee, tea, maize, egg, fish and poultry chicken. However, the prices of betel leaves, bajra, jowar, barley and condiments and spices and arhar, moong and pork moved up.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Inflation rate for the 'non-food articles' group rose 1.8 per cent due to higher prices of floriculture, copra (coconut), raw silk, raw cotton, raw wool, raw rubber, raw hides and soyabean, cotton seed, gingelly seed and guar seed, rape and mustard seed, castor seed, raw jute, skins (raw), sunflower and coir fibre. However, the prices of mesta and fodder, groundnut seed, safflower (kardi seed) and niger seed and linseed declined. Inflation rate for the 'minerals' group declined by 5.4 per cent due to lower price of copper concentrate, lead concentrate and zinc concentrate. However, the prices of chromite, manganese ore, bauxite and phosphorite moved up. For the 'crude petroleum and natural gas' group, the inflation rate rose 4.8 per cent due to higher price of crude petroleum. However, the price of natural gas declined. Inflation rate for the `fuel and power' group, which has a weight of 13.15 per cent in the wholesale price index rose 1.6 per cent in November 2017. Within the group, inflation rate for 'coal' group rose 0.6 per cent due to higher price of lignite. Inflation rate for the 'mineral oils' group rose 2.8 per cent due to higher prices of bitumen, ATF, naphtha, furnace oil, kerosene, HSD, petrol and LPG. Inflation rate for the 'manufactured products' group, which has a weight of 64.23 per cent in the wholesale price index, rose by 0.1 per cent in November 2017. Among manufactured products, inflation rate for the 'manufactured food products' group declined by 0.4 per cent due to lower prices of molasses, gur, gram powder (besan), sugar, honey, milk powder, coffee powder, bagasse, processed tea, maida, sooji (rawa), chicken / duck (dressed-fresh/frozen), basmati rice and instant coffee. However, the prices of processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans molluscs and products thereof, copra oil, meats (preserved/processed), manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products, cotton seed oil, wheat bran, spices (including mixed spices) and buffalo meat, fresh/frozen and mustard oil, sunflower oil, rice bran oil, groundnut oil, castor oil, palm oil, rice (non-basmati), manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery and processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables moved up.
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Inflation rate for 'manufacture of beverages' group rose 0.2 per cent due to higher prices of bottled mineral water, aerated drinks/soft drinks (incl.soft drink concentrates). However, the prices of wine, beer and spirits declined. Inflation rate for the 'manufactured tobacco products' group declined by 2.1 per cent due to lower price of cigarette. However, the prices of other tobacco products and biri moved up. Inflation rate for the 'manufactured textiles' group declined by 0.4 per cent due to lower prices of manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting and weaving and finishing of textiles. However, the prices of viscose yarn and manufacture of other textiles, woollen yarn, texturised and twisted yarn, manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics, cotton yarn and synthetic yarn moved up. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of wearing apparel' group rose 1.0 per cent due to higher prices of manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of leather and related products' group rose 0.7 per cent due to higher prices of belt and other articles of leather and leather shoe and travel goods, handbags, office bags, etc. However, the prices of harness, saddles and other related items, vegetable tanned leather and chrome tanned leather declined. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of wood and wood products and cork' group declined by 1.0 per cent due to lower prices of wooden board (non-electrical), wooden box/crate, wooden blocks and timber/wooden plank, sawn/resawn and wooden splint. However, the prices of wood cutting, processed/sized and plywood block boards moved up. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of paper and paper products' group rose 0.3 per cent due to higher prices of tissue paper and paper carton/box, newsprint, base paper, bristle paper board, paper for printing and writing and kraft paper. However, the prices of corrugated sheet box and duplex paper declined. Inflation rate for the 'printing and reproduction of recorded media' group rose 0.8 per cent due to higher prices of newspaper, journal/periodical and printed labels/posters/calendars, sticker plastic and printed form and schedule. However, the price of hologram declined. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of chemicals and chemical products' group rose 0.5 per cent due to higher prices of menthol, camphor, acetic acid and its derivatives, sulphuric acid,
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter oleoresin, sodium silicate, hydrogen peroxide and organic solvent, shampoo, ammonium sulphate, acrylic fibre, ammonia liquid, nitric acid, ethyl acetate, caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) and alkyl benzene, rubber chemicals, fatty acid, organic chemicals, dye stuff/dyes (incl. dye intermediates & pigments/colours), alcohols, diammonium phosphate and mosquito coil, creams and lotions for external application, other inorganic chemicals, ethylene oxide, adhesive excluding gum, varnish (all types), printing ink, superphospate / phosphatic fertilizer, others, paint, fungicide, liquid, aromatic chemicals, ammonium nitrate, other petrochemical intermediates, tooth paste/tooth powder, detergent cake, washing soap cake/bar/powder, insecticide and pesticide, soda ash/washing soda and amine. However, the prices of catalysts, adhesive tape (non-medicinal), polyester film (metalized), organic surface active agent, phosphoric acid and perfume/scent and liquid air and other gaseous products, phthalic anhydride, additive, foundry chemical, carbon black, mixed fertilizer, aniline (including PNA, ONA, OCPNA) and mono ethyl glycol declined. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products' group rose 1.2 per cent due to higher prices of anti-cancer drugs, plastic capsules, API and formulations of vitamins and antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory formulations, ayurvedic medicaments, antibiotics and preparations thereof and cotton wool (medicinal). However, the prices of anti inflammatory preparation, vaccine for hepatitis-B, antiseptics and disinfectants, antioxidants and vials/ampoule, glass, empty or filled and antimalarial drugs declined. Inflation rate for 'manufacture of rubber and plastics products' group declined by 0.1 per cent due to lower prices of rubberised dipped fabric, rubber tubes-not for tyres, polyester film (nonmetalised), rubber crumb and rubber cloth/sheet, rubber moulded goods, PVC fittings and other accessories, plastic film, plastic tube (flexible/non-flexible), tooth brush, plastic button, medium and heavy commercial vehicle tyre, conveyer belt (fibre based) and rubber tread. However, the prices of rubber components and parts, plastic bag and solid rubber tyres/wheels, plastic box/container, polypropylene film, tractor tyre and motor car tyre moved up. Inflation rate for 'manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products' group rose 0.2 per cent due to higher prices of cement blocks (concrete), porcelain sanitary ware, porcelain crockery and railway sleeper and ordinary sheet glass, lime and calcium carbonate, ordinary portland cement, poles and posts of concrete, marble slab and pozzolana cement. However, the price of stone, chip, asbestos corrugated sheet and cement superfine and toughened glass, non ceramic
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter tiles, clinker and graphite rod declined. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of basic metals' group rose 1.0 per cent due to higher prices of stainless steel pencil ingots/billets/slabs, ferrosilicon, mild steel (MS) blooms, MS pencil ingots and angles, channels, sections, steel (coated/not), alloy steel wire rods, stainless steel bars and rods, including flats, sponge iron/direct reduced iron (DRI), stainless steel tubes and MS castings and hot rolled (HR) coils and sheets, including narrow strip, pig iron, steel cables, MS wire rods, stainless steel coils, strips and sheets and cast iron, castings. However, the prices of MS bright bars, other ferroalloys and ferrochrome, cold rolled (CR) coils and sheets, including narrow strip, silicomanganese, aluminium ingot, copper shapes- bars/rods/plates/strips, aluminium alloys, ferromanganese, steel forgings-rough and aluminium powder declined. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment' group declined by 0.2 per cent due to lower prices of cylinders, copper bolts, screws, nuts, electrical stamping - laminated or otherwise - iron/steel cap, steel door, hand tools, stainless steel razor and jigs and fixtures. However, the prices of steel structures, forged steel rings, lock/padlock, steel container, steel pipes, tubes and poles, metal cutting tools and accessories and steel drums and barrels moved up. Inflation rate for the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products' group rose 0.4 per cent due to higher prices of colour TV and meter (non-electrical) and UPS in solid state drives. However, the prices of capacitors and sunglasses and electronic printed circuit board (PCB)/micro circuit declined. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of machinery and equipment' group declined by 0.2 per cent due to lower prices of pressure vessel and tanks for fermentation and other food processing, cranes, excavator, solar power system (solar panel and attachable equipment), pharmaceutical machinery, air filters, concrete vibrator and mixture and air gas compressor including compressor for refrigerator and clutches and shaft couplings and mining, quarrying and metallurgical machinery/parts. However, the prices of conveyors - non-roller type, drilling machine, gasket kit and agriculture implements, air or vacuum pump, filtration equipment, sugar machinery, chemical equipment and system, industrial valve, oil pump, centrifugal pumps and rice mill machinery moved up. 36
Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers' group declined by 0.1 per cent due to lower price of minibus/bus, brake pad/brake liner/brake block/brake
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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter rubber, others, filter element and radiators and coolers. However, the price of crankshaft and release valve, light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, shafts of all kinds, body (for commercial motor vehicles) and cylinder liners moved up. Inflation rate for 'manufacture of other transport equipment' group declined by 0.2 per cent due to lower price of propellers and blades of boats/ships. However, the price of tanker moved up. Inflation rate for the 'manufacture of furniture' group declined by 2.0 per cent due to lower price of foam and rubber mattress, wooden furniture and plastic fixtures. However, the price of iron/steel furniture moved up. Inflation rate for 'other Manufacturing' group rose 2.8 per cent due to higher price of playing cards, gold and gold ornaments and cricket ball. However, the price of silver and cricket bat and sports goods of rubber (incl. balls) declined. The rate of inflation based on WPI food index consisting of 'food articles' from primary articles group and 'food product' from manufactured products group declined from 4.10 per cent in November 2017 to 2.91 per cent in December, 2017.
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