Global rice prices rise to 15-year high

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 11, 2023 12:40 am

PARIS: Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday.

While global food prices eased in August, those of rice rose 9.8 percent compared to the previous month, 'reflecting trade disruptions in the aftermath of a ban on Indica white rice exports by India,' the FAO said in a monthly report.

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