7/22/2021
* Thai rates hit November 2019 lows
* Vietnam rates drop sharply to lowest since March last year
* Low rainfall impacting India's paddy planting -exporter
* Bangladesh reports record crop of summer rice variety this
year
By Swati Verma
July 22 (Reuters) - Rice export prices continued their
decline to multi-month lows across top Asian hubs this week as
falling demand met with an increase in supplies, while a weaker
baht added to woes of Thai traders.
Vietnam's 5% broken rice rates hit more than
16-month lows, falling sharply to $395-$400 per tonne on
Thursday from a range of $465-$470 a week earlier.
"Demand is weak, while prices offered by other rice