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
  • Gulf News

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.

  • Rate this article
  • Average reader rating (0 votes) 0 Stars
Tools

Emailing an article to friend is a simple way to share a news item. Your friend will receive an email with your name and email address as well any personal message you choose to send.

The information you provide on this page will not be used to send unsolicited emails.

This service is not intended to encourage spam, and action may be taken against individuals who maliciously enter personal details of another individual.

Share this article

More from Markets

  1. Middle East IPO market set for 2010 revival

  2. US indicates readiness to knock down free-trade barriers in Asia

  3. Investors expected to lock in rally's gains

  4. Dollar weakness likely to stay

All articles in Markets

More from Business

Gulf News
Popular in Business
Way to go this DSF
XPRESS

Way to go this DSF

A fun-filled route to guide you to all the happening dos in town

Business Editor's choice