Dear Subscriber,
We are pleased to send you the new issue of the FAO Rice Price Update:
Brief commentary:

 *   Overall, the value of the FAO All Rice Price Index rose by 3 points, sustained by a 1 percent increase in the prices of the lower quality Indica and a more pronounced 5 percent gain in aromatic rice quotations.


 *   From an origin perspective, prices rose in most export locations, supported by policy measures (government purchases in Thailand and India) and also by reports of new sales in Pakistan and the United States. However, they retreated in South America and in Viet Nam, where harvesting of the main crops is in full swing.


 *   In the first two months of the year, prices averaged  2.5 percent higher than in the corresponding 2012 period.

For more information on prices, you may wish to consult the International Commodity Price Database (http://www.fao.org/es/esc/prices/PricesServlet.jsp?lang=en&ccode=2311), which gives access to weekly prices of major traded products, including the high quality Thai white rice 100% B and the 100 % broken rice Thai A1 Super, from 1989 onwards.  Monthly international and domestic prices for rice and other selected commodities in 81 countries are available through the Food Price Data and Analysis Tool (http://www.fao.org/giews/pricetool/).

You might also be interested to visit the FAO World Food Situation portal, which provides monthly updates on the World Cereal Supply and Demand Situation and Outlook (http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/wfs-home/en/).

Kind regards,
Concepción

Concepción Calpe
Senior Economist,
Secretary, Intergovernmental Group on Rice
Trade and Markets Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
D-803
Tel. 39-06-570 54136
Fax 39-06-570 54495
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