Rice prices today on August 20, 2023 and last week’s summary: Continue to increase by 200 – 500 VND/kg

Rice prices today on August 20, 2023 in the domestic market remained stable. In the past week, the domestic rice price has increased by 200-500 VND/kg.

Rice prices today on August 20, 2023 in the Mekong Delta region leveled off and moved sideways after an upward correction.

Accordingly, in An Giang, according to the update of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of An Giang province, the price of IR 504 rice is at 7,600 – 7,800 VND/kg; Dai Thong 8 rice at 7,800 – 8,000 VND/kg; price of OM 18 rice is at 7,800 – 8,000 VND/kg, OM 5451 remains around 7,600 – 7,800 VND/kg; Miss Hoa 9 costs 7,200 – 7,600 VND/kg; Japanese rice is also stable at 7,800 – 8,000 VND/kg; Nang Nhen rice (dry) at 13,000 VND/kg.

With sticky rice, Long An sticky rice (fresh) at 7,000 – 7,500 VND/kg; fresh An Giang sticky rice price is stable at 6,300 – 6,600 VND/kg; AG (dry) sticky rice at 7,700 – 7,900 VND/kg; Long An sticky rice (dry) costs 7,700 – 7,900 VND/kg.

With rice, the price of raw materials and finished products remained stable. Accordingly, the price of raw rice fluctuates around 12,350 VND/kg; finished rice remained stable at 14,500 – 14,600 VND/kg.

For by-products, the price of IR 504 sheet remained stable at 11,800 VND/kg; while the price of dried bran remained stable at 7,600 VND/kg.

According to traders, today the amount of rice is low, the price of rice of all kinds continues to stay high. The trading market slowed down at the end of the week.

In the past week, rice prices in localities in the Mekong Delta have all adjusted up. Accordingly, compared with the end of last week, the price of rice has increased by 200-400 VND/kg. In which, Dai Thong 8 rice has the strongest increase when increasing by 400 VND/kg. With the price of rice, raw rice increased by 150 VND/kg while finished rice increased by 500 VND/kg.

In the rice export market, according to the Vietnam Food Association, at the end of the trading session on August 18, Vietnam’s export rice price was at $618/ton, the price of 5% broken rice was stable at $628/ton. tons – the highest in the world.

Currently, the price of Vietnamese rice is the highest in the world and is 16 USD/ton higher than Thai rice of the same quality. In addition to the standard 5% broken rice, fragrant rice, high quality rice and 25% broken rice of both major sources all decreased by $10-20/ton, but remained at a high level.