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Information on international rice market is regularly updated as Mr. Patricio Mendez del Villar, from Cirad (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), makes available to Infocomm his monthly report on the world rice market. We would like to thank Mr. Patricio Mendez del Villar, who graciously agreed to make this monthly report available to Infocomm.

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Characteristics	Rice description Origin and history
Crop	Harvest Rice farming systems
Quality	Kernel sizes Main rice types
Uses
Market	Production Consumption International trade
Marketing chain
Companies	Agribusiness corporations
Technology	Seeds Producing technology Processing technology
Prices
Economic Policies	International market and rice policies of the main exporters and importers Common Organization Market of the European Union US rice policy Japan rice policy The International Rice Commission (IRC)

Selected Sources of Information

Greening Trade in Viet Nam, UNCTAD/DITC/TED/8, 2001.

UNCTAD Trains (customs tariff database)

Commodity Price Bulletin published by UNCTAD supplied a monthly average of the price of the rice Thailand, white 5% broken, FOB Bangkok.

www.fao.org

http://www.fao.org/es/esc/en/20953/21026/index.html: electronic portal dedicated to selected agricultural commodities.

http://www.fao.org/inpho/compend/text/ch10.htm (faostat)

http://www.fao.org/es/esc/esce/ESCB/rice/monitore/rmmar00e.htm (suivi du marché du riz)

www.fao.org/rice2004

europa.eu.int: European Union site, "legislation on line"

www.cgiar.org/areas/rice.htm (general information)

www.riceweb.org

www.orcades.org/Expo riz.html (exhibition)

www.cirad.fr/publications/documents/produitstrop/sommaire.html (market)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/resal/international/market/index.html (market/ players)

http://www.unep.ch/etb/index.php provides users with the findings of six UNEP-supported country studies on Integrated Assessment of Trade Liberalization in the Rice Sector.

www.cbot.com/cbot/www/prod_detail/0,1499,14+58+138+14,00.html
(futures contracts in CBOT)
www.tfc-charts.w2d.com/menu.html (CBOT price graphs)

http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5416f/x5416f01.htm (stages of rice production)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5415f/x5415f02.htm (quality description)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5416f/x5416f06.htm (methodology for producing a high quality white rice)

Science and technology
www.shiseido.co.jp/f/story/html/sto50800.htm (Hypoallergenic rice) www.treemail.nl/privateers/thaila-f.htm (radars)

Economic policies
"EU Rice Round Up for 2004/05 - Intervention, Imports and Tariffs", USDA, 2005.

Partners

Mr. Patricio Mendez del Villar, from Cirad, develops a monthly report on rice international market, which is available on the Infocomm site. The objective is to promote information exchanges and transparency on the rice market.

This profile was last updated on May 13th 2008