Rice prices today May 19 in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam: Domestic rice prices go sideways

Rice prices today 19/5 in the locality almost no change. The asking price of Vietnam’s rice for export today slowed down after an upward correction.

Domestic rice price

Rice prices today March 19 in the Mekong Delta provinces continue to trend sideways. In the past week, localities entered the harvest season of winter-spring rice.

Specifically, the price of raw rice and finished products is currently at 9,150 VND/kg; finished rice 10,100 VND/kg. With by-products, by-product prices remained stable. Currently, the price of dried bran is at 7,700 VND/kg, the broken price is at 9,000 VND/kg.

For rice, rice prices remained stable. Specifically, fresh An Giang sticky rice is being purchased by traders at the field at 5,900 – 6,300 VND/kg; Japanese rice 7,800 – 8,000 VND/kg; Dai Thong rice 8 6,700 – 6,800 VND/kg; Long An fresh sticky rice 6,600 – 6,800 VND/kg; OM 18 rice at 6,600 – 6,800 VND/kg; OM 5451 rice 6,400 – 6,600 VND/kg; Miss Hoa 9 6,800 – 7,100 VND/kg; Long An dry sticky rice 9,000 – 9,200 VND/kg, An Giang dry sticky rice price ranges from 8,400 to 8,600 VND/kg; IR 504 rice at 6,400 – 6,600 VND/kg; IR 504 dry rice maintained at 6,500 VND/kg.

At the retail market, the price of rice is usually 11,500 VND/kg – 12,500 VND/kg; Jasmine fragrant rice 15,000 – 16,000 VND/kg; Soc rice is usually 14,000 VND/kg; intestinal sticky rice 14,000 – 15,000 VND/kg; Nang Nhen Rice 20,000 VND/kg; Sliced ​​fragrant rice 18,000 – 19,000 VND/kg; Huong Lai rice 19,000 VND/kg; Common white rice 14,000 VND/kg; Lady Hoa 17,500 VND/kg; Soc Thai 18,000 VND/kg; Taiwanese fragrant rice 20,000 VND/kg; Japanese rice 20,000 VND/kg; Bran 7,000 – 8,000 VND/kg.

World rice price

In the world market, the asking price of Vietnam’s rice for export today slowed down after an upward correction. Currently, the price of 5% broken rice is at 448 USD/ton; 25% broken rice remained at $428/ton.

According to the Vietnam Food Association, in the past week, Vietnam’s export rice price has increased by 5 USD/ton, from 443 USD/ton to 448 USD/ton with 5% broken white rice and from 423 USD/ton. tons to $428/ton with 25% broken rice.

In the context of many key export commodities plummeting at double digits, Vietnam’s rice exports in April reached more than 1 million tons, worth $545.85 million, surpassing the old record of 961,608 tons. , worth 509 million USD achieved last month, and at the same time, increased 87.9% in volume and nearly doubled in value over the same period last year.

As of the end of April, our country’s rice exports have reached nearly 2.9 million tons, with a turnover of more than 1.5 billion USD, up 40.7% in volume and 51.6% in turnover compared to that of April. same period in 2022. This is also the highest number recorded by the rice industry in the first 4 months of the year so far.

Chairman of the Vietnam Food Association Nguyen Ngoc Nam assessed that Vietnam’s rice export prospects remain “wide open” in the long term, including India’s policy of restricting rice exports.