Sentences with phrase «rice export»

In addition to being home to some six million people, the Mekong Delta grows about half of the nations» rice — the wider implication being that Vietnam is the second - largest rice exporting country in the world, after Thailand.

The Thai government says it is looking forward to strong growth in its burgeoning rice export industry during the course of the next three years, as the nation races to extend its lead in the market.

Vietnamese rice exports could soon increase as higher than expected yields allow the government to lift its export restriction, according to an Asia Pulse report.

In less than a year, U.S. regulators have confirmed three incidents of genetically modified rice contamination, including one that has disrupted rice exports.

The US could offset some loss of Australian rice exports by replacing it with corn destined for ethanol, but that would reduce Archer Daniels Midland profits; we could let the «free market» determine the relative value of ADM profits and poor third world lives, but given taxes, subsidies, the government's power to print money, and the ability of ADM and Oxfam to pay lobbyists to influence government actions, the market is far from free.

Viet Nam banned rice exports for several months, and several other minor exporters also restricted exports.

Countries restricting rice exports include Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Egypt.

Several countries, such as Egypt, India and Vietnam, have cut off their rice exports in response to soaring prices at home, thereby exacerbating the effects on rice - importing countries.