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Indian rice export curbs to push up prices

Labourers unload rice sacks from a truck at India’s main rice port at Kakinada Anchorage in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh on Sept 2 last year. (Reuters File Photo)


SINGAPORE: India’s decision to curb rice exports is expected to lift world prices and trigger a rally in wheat and corn markets, deepening concerns over food inflation.

Rice prices in key exporters India, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar are set to rise, traders and analysts said on Thursday, hitting food importers already suffering from higher costs due to adverse weather and the Russia-Ukraine war.

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