Business | Markets
Asean grapples with rice prices
South-East Asian finance ministers said every Asean member had its own strategy for securing supplies of rice as prices soar.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:31 April 6, 2008
A wholesale food market in Hanoi. South-East Asian finance ministers said every Asean member had its own strategy for securing supplies of rice as prices soar. Global rice prices have been rising since October when India banned exports of non-basmati rice and other major exporters China, Egypt and Vietnam followed.
More from Markets
More from Business
Business Editor's choice
-
Do unemployment figures flatter to deceive?
Jobseekers and recruiters give out mixed signals ranging from optimism to downright despair even as official data show recovery
-
Banks can increase their share
Longer opening hours, more locations outside cities and lower charges can help
-
Geepas idea blossomed in Dubai
The journey led from a small shop in Bahrain to a $1.27b company in the UAE
