Retail Staple Food Prices 40 AFGHANISTAN, Kabul 20

Retail Staple Food PricesAFGHANISTAN, Kabul

Additional Information

•During this month, more efforts are being directed toward food safety, increasing/improving animal and plant border checks

scientific testing for imported or exported animals, plants and plant products as well as for animal medicines, pesticides and

fertilizer (Ministry of Finance)

Highlights (as of 25 April 2011)

•Prices of wheat flour, rice, maize, cooking oil and chicken either declined very slightly or were

unchanged from the previous week.

SOURCE: Statistics and Marketing Information Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock; and WFP Afghanistan

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Rice (local) 31.00 31.00 33.00 35.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 32.00

Maize 19.00 16.00 17.00 14.00 19.00 20.00 20.00 20.00

Wheat 15.00 14.13 13.68 14.15 14.93 16.75 18.00 19.05 19.00 19.88 20.50 20.00 19.13 18.05 16.50 17.00 16.50 17.00 17.00 16.50 17.00

Wheat (flour) 17.23 15.35 15.20 15.45 16.05 18.38 19.60 22.43 23.10 23.65 24.05 24.13 23.78 23.63 24.00 24.50 24.50 24.00 24.00 23.50

Cooking oil 75.00 75.00 77.00 75.00 75.00 80.00 79.00 77.00

Chicken 95.00 90.00 85.00 85.00 105.00 100.00 110.00 110.00

Jan 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 10 May 10 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10 Dec 10 Jan 11 Feb 11 7 Mar 14 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr

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Retail Staple Food PricesBANGLADESH, Dhaka


•After introducing retail price controls to protect consumers from the effects of soaring international vegetable oil prices, thegovernment now decided to reduce the import duty on edible oils from 15% to 10%. Retail prices for palm oil rose to levels not seen since March 2008, while overall monthly food price inflation has exceeded 10 percent (OIL CROPS Monitoring, FAO)

•Prices of mostly imported wheat have decreased over the last two months, although in March were still 36 percent above their levels of a year earlier (Global monitor updates, GIEWS March 2011).

•Bangladesh has doubled its rice import target for 2011 to 1.2 million tonnes in a bid to ease record domestic prices.

•Stable rice prices in the last few months reflect State sales at subsidized prices.

•Government stepped up food distribution operations, strengthened open market sales of its inventories, and introduced a food-rationing system for the ultra-poor.

Highlights (as of 2 May 2011)

• Prices of rice, wheat flour, cooking oil and chicken were either unchanged or declined slightly from the previous week. However, these prices remain high compared to the same time last year.

SOURCE: Ministry of Food and Disaster Management

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Rice (coarse) 27.00 27.25 27.17 26.50 26.50 29.50 31.50 31.60 32.83 33.13 32.60 34.75 35.50 35.17 34.20 33.50 34.00 34.00 33.50 32.00

Wheat (flour) 22.50 21.50 21.50 21.75 22.25 22.00 22.00 24.70 28.67 28.75 29.00 31.00 33.40 32.83 31.20 31.00 30.50 29.50 29.50 29.00

Chicken boiler 116.88 130.00 137.50 136.25 134.38 141.25 140.00 138.00 161.67 138.13 113.50 109.38 113.50 123.33 123.00 122.50 127.50 127.50 125.00 125.00

Soybean Oil 79.43 76.31 76.96 76.96 76.96 76.18 75.79 77.58 82.85 86.84 93.50 96.33 106.81 113.53 110.76 109.72 109.72 109.20 107.64 109.72

Jan 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 10 May 10 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10 Dec 10 Jan 11 Feb 11 Mar 11 04-Apr 11-Apr 18-Apr 25-Apr 2 May


Retail Staple Food PricesBHUTAN


•Reactivation of the irrigation programme "Gewog" that aims to enable smallholder farmers to harvest during summer and

winter seasons (Kuen online).

•A Private-Public-Partnership coffee production scheme was launched last week between the Ministry of Agriculture and

Forests (MoAF) and the Samden Group which will improve smallholder farmers’ income as well as extend the planted area

by converting marginal lands into coffee plantation areas (Ministry of Agriculture).

Highlights (as of 28 March 2011)

• Prices for rice and wheat rose 12% and 39% in late March 2011. They are 50% and 39% higher than their levels a year ago.

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Rice 40.60 41.46 37.41 39.29 36.17 52.50 38.26 30.75 31.50 42.24 49.67 57.28 40.40 39.02 51.67 37.96 52.50 58.75

Wheat 15.13 15.50 18.00 18.00 18.00 20.75 18.00 15.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 22.25 18.00 25.00

Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 7 Mar 14 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar

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SOURCE: CountrySTAT

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Retail Staple Food PricesCAMBODIA, Phnom Penh

Additional Information•A record rice harvest is expected in Cambodia as the wet season harvest draws to a close. Official estimates point to a 6.4 million tonne harvest, representing a 7.5% increase over the previous year (APFSU and GIEWS). The wet season rice crop accounts for about 80 percent of Cambodia’s annual rice harvest (APFSU).


•Prices for rice have remained stable in the last weeks.

•Following volatility in March 2011, the price of No. 2 maize, which is used or exported primarily as animal feed, continued stable in April, but at a level nearly 62% higher than during the first week of March 2011. According to local media reports,maize exports jumped 38 percent over the first two months of 2011 compared to the same period last year, which may explain the sudden price rise.

SOURCE: Agricultural Marketing Office, MAFF

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Rice milled (Phkar Khney) 2625 2300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 2,300

Rice (Neangminh) 2085 2000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,100 2,100 2,100

Maize (No.2) 1050 1100 2,000 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700

7 Mar 11 14 Mar 11 21 Mar 11 28 Mar 11 4 Apr 11 11 Apr 11 18 Apr 11 25 Apr 11 2 May 11

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Retail Staple Food PricesCHINA, Beijing


• Local governments are trying to help smallholder vegetable growers whose incomes have declined because of falling vegetable prices. Actions include strengthening price monitoring, and facilitating marketing agreements by reducing fees collected from dealers, and providing a good service and trading environment.


•Rice and wheat flour prices remained largely stable from mid-February to mid-April 2011.

SOURCE: Beijing Municipal Bureau of Grain

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Rice (non-glutinous) 5.22 5.20 5.22 5.22 5.30 5.28

Wheat (f lour) 3.54 3.52 3.54 3.52 3.56 3.56

18 Feb 11 25 Feb 11 4 Mar 11 11 Mar 11 11 Apr 11 18 Apr 11

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Retail Staple Food PricesINDIA, Delhi


•According to the National Statistics Office, India’s 8.2% inflation rate was driven by a 15.7% rise in food prices.


•Wheat and rice prices have been largely stable but are higher then their levels in May 2010.

SOURCE: Ministry of Consumer Affairs

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Rice 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.20 22.20 22.00 22.00 22.18 22.62 22.20 22.75 23.00 23.00 23.11 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.00 23.00

Wheat 15.03 15.45 15.10 13.75 13.00 13.50 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.93 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50

Jan 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 10 May 10 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10 Dec 10 Jan 11 Feb 11 Mar 11 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr 2 May


Retail Staple Food PricesINDONESIA, national average

Additional Information•On April 1st, rice import duties were introduced again at $450 Rupiah per kilo (Global Trade Alert). In response to record rice prices the government had waived import duties on rice until the March harvest. Import duties on wheat and soybeans, however, were waived for the entire year.

• Public rice reserves are reported at 1.5 million tonnes and the procurement agency Bulog plans to raise stocks to 2 million tonnes through domestic procurement, because of an expected higher production of the 2011 main season rice crop, currently being harvested (GFPM, FAO).

•As regards palm oil, the government is looking into the possibility of replacing the progressive taxation system with a flat tax on crude palm oil (FAO Monthly Price and Policy Update April 2011)


•Prices of rice, wheat flour and edible oils changed very slightly this week.

SOURCE: Ministry of Trade

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Rice (medium quality) 6,685 6,655 6,793 7,122 7,328 7,432 7,151 7,049 7,049 7,033 7,037

Wheat f lour 7,479 7,541 7,535 7,541 7,586 7,560 7,577 7,594 7,590 7,584 7,575 7,579

Edible oil (unpacked) 9,815 9,986 10,072 10,464 11,077 11,321 11,291 11,194 10,927 10,812 10,771 10,747

Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr 2 May


Retail Staple Food PricesLAO PDR, Vientiane

Additional Information•The government of Lao PDR has announced that it will not release rice from its stockpile to lower retail rice prices as this may cause export prices to fall below corresponding prices in neighboring countries.


•Rice prices have not changed since November 2010.

SOURCE: Ministry of Industry and Commerce

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Rice (glut inous 2st quality) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 6,000 6,250 7,000 7,250 7,625 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7000 7000 7000

Rice (ordinary 2st quality) 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,250 8,750 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8000

Jan 10 Feb 10 M ar 10 Apr 10 M ay 10 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10 Dec 10 Jan 11 Feb 11 7 M ar 14 M ar 21 M ar 28 M ar 4 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr 2 M ay

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Wholesale Staple Food PricesMYANMAR, Yangon and Mandalay


•Unusual high rainfall last month has had a “slightly” negative effect on summer paddy fields in the Ayeyarwady region. But the overall yield loss in some areas is cancelled out by the surplus yield in other areas because overall the summer paddy for this year was better than last year (Myanmar Times)

•Myanmar introduced an export ban on rice after local prices increases in February in an effort to stabilize local supplies and prices. The Myanmar Rice Industry Associationwas expecting the ban to be lifted in April, when the summer paddy is harvested (APFSU, FAO).

•According to a recent ADB report, agriculture in 2010 was sluggish as a result of persistent drought in the central region and residual soil salinity in cyclone-affected areas.


•Prices of rice, wheat, and cooking oil changed very slightly this week.

SOURCE: E-Trade Myanmar

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Rice (Manawthukha FQ) 349 350 352 349 342 360 362

Maize 159 162 161 159 159 161 161

Wheat (Monywa Origin) 427 419 414 416 413 413 426

Groundnut oil (Special) 2,143 2,143 2,254 2,250 2,258 2,223 2,289

Soybean (Theik pan) 541 541 541 541 551

Palm oil 1,552 1,639 1,694 1,646 1,632 1,691

21-Mar-11 28-Mar-11 04-Apr-11 11-Apr-11 18-Apr-11 25-Apr-11 2 May 11

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Retail Staple Food PricesNEPAL, Kathmandu



•Rice and wheat flour prices have remained stable since early February and early April respectively, but are 17% and 16% higher than in May last year.

SOURCE: Market Watch (WFP, MoAC, FNCCI, CIPF)

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Rice (coarse) 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.00 29.00 34.00 35.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00

Wheat (flour) 28.00 29.00 31.00 31.00 31.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.40 35.00 36.00 36.00 36.00 36.00



Retail Staple Food PricesPAKISTAN, Karachi


•Contrary to earlier announcements, import duties on palm and soya oil will remain unchanged, according to industry sources. Late last year, duty cuts had been envisaged with a view to halt the escalation in food costs. (OIL CROPS Monitoring, FAO).

•The 2011 wheat harvest, about to commence, is forecast to be at a similar level to the good 2010 output (GFPM, FAO).

•Government expects a bumper crop of 23.5 million tonnes of wheat for 2011. The country resumed wheat exports in December, and exports have exceeded 1 million tonnes since the beginning of January.


•IRRI rice prices were stable last week, although they are 10% and 21% higher than in early 2011 and a year earlier, respectively.

•Wheat and wheat flour prices decreased slightly last week and are also slightly lower than they were a year ago.

SOURCE: Bureau of Statistics

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Rice (basmati) 43.27 43.27 43.27 43.27 43.27 43.27 43.27 43.27 43.27 44.91 46.54 46.54 47.73 48.92 48.92 48.92 48.92 48.92 48.92 48.92 48.92 48.92

Rice (irri) 33.19 33.55 34.62 34.62 34.62 34.62 34.62 34.62 35.39 36.54 36.54 36.54 38.08 41.62 40.96 41.22 41.22 41.25 41.45 41.83 41.98 42.05

Wheat 26.00 26.38 26.50 25.80 25.00 25.00 24.70 24.63 25.60 26.50 26.50 26.50 26.88 27.50 27.39 27.40 27.38 27.31 26.95 26.71 25.96 25.02

Wheat (flour) 32.00 32.00 32.00 30.77 29.43 29.88 29.88 29.91 31.43 32.00 32.00 32.00 32.18 32.35 31.01 31.01 30.95 30.95 30.67 30.59 30.29 29.64

Jan-10 Feb-10 M ar-10 Apr-10 M ay-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 7 M ar 14 M ar 21 M ar 28 M ar 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr


Retail Staple Food PricesPHILIPPINES, Metro Manila


The Philippines together with China, Japan and South Korea is planning to set up a regional rice reserve, to which the Philippines will allocate 12,000 metric tons (Source: Business Mirror, page B3, 29 April issue).

According to the Department of Agriculture, there is no need to import more rice beyond the required purchase of 860,000 MT as the palayharvest has been better than expected.


•Rice prices in the Philippines have remained relatively stable for a year.

•Yellow and white maize prices have trended downward over the course of the past year and are now 5% and 9% lower than they were a year ago.

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Rice (regular milled) 30.65 31.07 31.18 31.11 30.86 30.91 30.87 30.89 30.81 30.56 30.51 30.61 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00

Rice (well milled) 34.20 34.46 34.59 34.40 34.32 34.40 34.46 34.47 34.38 34.18 34.09 34.11 34.34 34.58 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00 35.00

Maize (white) 22.67 22.73 21.93 20.14 20.13 19.55 17.72 18.22 17.74 17.87 17.85 18.06 18.99 19.04 18.40 18.71 18.50 18.40 18.40 18.40

Maize (yellow) 18.74 19.98 19.32 19.39 19.63 19.59 19.33 19.27 18.92 18.96 18.75 19.19 19.84 19.91 19.91 19.41 18.68 18.68 18.65 18.71



SOURCE: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics

Retail Staple Food PricesSAMOA, national average

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Rice imported (long grain) 4.21 4.10 4.18 3.91 3.60 3.77 3.90 4.35 4.12 4.07 3.65 3.64 3.73 3.17

Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11

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Highlights (as of February 2011)

•The price of long grain imported rice in mid-February 2011 was nearly 23% lower than one year earlier.

SOURCE: FAO Representative

Retail Staple Food PricesSRI LANKA, Colombo


•The 2010 production of paddy is estimated to have been higher than the 2009 harvest (CPFS, FAO).

•According to the National Statistics Office, Sri Lanka had just over 10% overall inflation with food prices climbing by 12.9 %.

•According to the ADB, agriculture grew at 6.5% in 2010, due to the revival of paddy and fisheries production in the former conflict areas of Northern and Eastern provinces, good weather and fertilizer support by the government.


•The price of white rice has been largely stable since November 2010. However, the price is 11% higher than a year earlier.

•The price of wheat flour has been largely stable since January 2011, but remains 32% higher than its level one year ago.

SOURCE: Department of Census and Statistics

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Rice (white) 65.93 62.21 52.77 52.09 52.15 51.81 49.45 47.38 48.45 53.30 56.62 57.90 56.52 59.19 59.36 58.97 58.59 57.93 57.81 57.99

Wheat (flour) 61.95 61.86 60.38 60.11 61.95 62.73 72.3 72.06 74.18 82.64 82.7 82.44 81.33 81.42 81.36 81.52 81.52 81.52 81.62 83.18

Jan 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Apr 10 May 10 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 10 Sep 10 Oct 10 Nov 10 Dec 10 Jan 11 Feb 11 7 Mar 21 Mar 28 Mar 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr


Retail Staple Food PricesTHAILAND, major markets average


•The Finance Ministry is planning to propose to the Cabinet to consider insuring crops and subsidizinig fertilizer

•Changes have also been proposed to the formula for calculating the amount of income support to farmers provided under the income guarantee scheme for farmers.


•Rice prices were largely stable in Thailand in April 2011. They are 8% lower than their levels one year ago.

•Chicken and pork prices have shown an upward trend since November-December 2010 after declining in the summer of 2010.

• Soybean oil prices have been stable after rising sharply in early April.

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Rice (hom mali) 15.03 14.64 14.23 14.10 13.52 13.09 13.58 13.89 14.35 14.19 13.90 13.72 13.57 13.39 13.15 13.17 13.15 13.07 13.01 13.07

Chicken meat 88.38 89.00 89.00 89.00 89.00 89.00 80.85 77.40 74.14 69.25 71.36 77.00 77.95 80.05 84.00 84.00 87.50 87.50 92.50 96.50

Pork tenderloin 127.50 127.50 127.50 127.50 127.50 127.50 123.75 117.61 112.63 112.50 112.50 114.25 124.08 127.70 129.90 133.50 139.00 145.00 145.00

Soybean oil 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.28 46.70 47.32 47.32 47.32 47.32 54.73 57.20 57.20 57.20

Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 25 Apr 2 May

SOURCE: Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Department of Internal Trade (DIT)


Retail Staple Food PricesVIETNAM, Hanoi

Additional Information•Deadline to pay VAT on Feed Imports has been extended temporally (Ministry of Finance)•The Vietnam Sugar Association has asked the trade ministry to postpone sugar imports so that local producers can liquidate theirstocks. (Thanh Nien News)•The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed creating a new fund to promote and support Vietnamese tra fishexports. Vietnam is the supplier of more than 95 percent of tra fish on the global market with an annual output of 1.5 million tons (Thanh Nien)

Highlights (as 25 April 2011)

•The price of ordinary rice in Hanoi fell slightly from last week. As up to the fourth week of April, rice prices were unchanged from last year.

•After increasing in early April, the price of maize declined and has remained stable since then.

SOURCE: AgroInfo, IPSARD

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Rice (ordinary) 13,000 13,250 14,000 14,500 14,000 13,750 14,000 13000

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