{"id":407329,"date":"2026-04-23T19:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/407329\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:33:14","slug":"bangkok-post-thai-rice-prices-drop-on-muted-demand-weaker-rupee-keeps-india-rates-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/407329\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post &#8211; Thai rice prices drop on muted demand; weaker rupee keeps India rates steady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai rice prices fall to $390 to $395 per tonne on muted demand, while Vietnam rates unchanged \u200bas domestic supplies run low<\/p>\n<p>PUBLISHED : 23 Apr 2026 at 19:22<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c1_3242670_800.jpg\"   alt=\"A selection of bagged rice brands on sale at a supermarket in Nonthaburi province, Thailand. (Photo: Somhatai Mosika)\" class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA selection of bagged rice brands on sale at a supermarket in Nonthaburi province, Thailand. (Photo: Somhatai Mosika)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Indian rice export prices held steady as a weaker rupee offset higher local paddy prices, while Vietnam export prices remained unchanged and Thai rice prices eased on muted demand for the staple grain.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s 5% broken parboiled variety  was quoted this week at US$344 to $350 per metric \u200btonne, unchanged from last \u2060week. Indian 5% broken white rice was priced at $338 to $344 per tonne this week.<\/p>\n<p>A weaker rupee is helping keep Indian rice competitive against supplies from Thailand and Vietnam, said \u200ca Kolkata-based trader.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian rupee fell to its lowest in more than three weeks against the US dollar on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam&#8217;s 5% broken rice  was offered at $375 to $380 per metric tonne on Thursday, unchanged from a week \u2060ago, according to traders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not much rice is being offered for sale as domestic supplies are running low,&#8221; a Ho Chi Minh City-based trader said.<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam exported 530,991 tonnes of rice in the first half of this month, raising its total rice shipments in the Jan 1 to April 15 period to 2.81 million tonnes, \u200baccording to the government&#8217;s customs data.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary shipping data showed around 363,000 tonnes of rice were loaded at ports in southern Vietnam from April 1 to April 19, with most of \u200bthe \u200crice heading to the Philippines, Africa, Malaysia and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand&#8217;s 5% broken rice  was quoted at $390 to $395 per tonne, falling from a range of $410 to 415 \u200blast week.<\/p>\n<p>Traders \u2060attributed the price drop to relatively muted international demand with only some small orders coming from China and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Supply is still coming out \u2060into the market, but one trader said that the amount will likely tighten up in the medium term due to the rising cost of farming. &#8220;Farmers are growing less rice because of higher cost,&#8221; the trader said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bangladesh will \u2060begin procuring 1.8 million tonnes of paddy and rice from local farmers \u200bfrom May in a move aimed at stabilising the price of the staple grain.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes as rice prices remain elevated despite good harvests and adequate reserves, prompting authorities to step in to help steady the market and support both consumers and farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thai rice prices fall to $390 to $395 per tonne on muted demand, while Vietnam rates unchanged \u200bas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139447,114,192552,184,192551,85,192549,46,192548,192553,192547,192550],"class_list":["post-407329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-agricultural-exports","tag-business","tag-commodity-market-analysis","tag-economy","tag-global-rice-trade","tag-il","tag-indian-rice-rates","tag-israel","tag-rice-export-market","tag-rice-price-trends","tag-thai-rice-prices","tag-vietnam-rice-shipments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}