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What does OECD-FAO Agriculture Outlook unveil Vietnam's rice market?

(VAN) Cambodian and Myanmar are likely to benefit as the market share of the top rice exporters including India, Thailand, Viet Nam, Pakistan and the United States declines over the next 10 years.
A woman is harvesting rice in a field in Hanoi's outskirts.

A woman is harvesting rice in a field in Hanoi's outskirts.

 “The export share of the top five major rice exporters – India, Thailand, Viet Nam, Pakistan, and the United States – is expected to fall from 74 percent to 70 percent. Changes in varieties and increased focus on cultivating higher quality strains will certainly help Viet Nam to reduce its dependence on China," OECD-FAO agriculture outlook said.

The projection has been unveiled in the annual agricultural outlook by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) — a group of rich countries — and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Accordingly, the global cereal trade including wheat, maize and rice is expected to increase by 21% to 542 million tons by 2030.

“India, Viet Nam and Thailand will continue to lead global rice trade, but Cambodia and Myanmar are expected to play an increasingly important role in global rice exports,” OECD-FAO agriculture outlook said.

World trade in rice over the past ten years grew at 1.5 percent per year on average, experts said. The outlook expects global rice trade to increase by 2.6% or 16 million tons per year over the next ten years and reach 62 million tons by 2030, experts said.

In addition, Thailand is expected to continue to play a role as an important rice exporter although the country will face more competitions. The group of the five largest rice exporters will lose market shares to countries in the less developed countries in Asia, particularly Cambodia and Myanmar, as these countries become more competitive internationally", the outlook said.

Cambodia and Myanmar are expected to capture market share from the world's top rice exporters. Photo: Daily Sun.

Cambodia and Myanmar are expected to capture market share from the world's top rice exporters. Photo: Daily Sun.

The outlook expects rice shipments from less developed Asian countries to more than double from 4 million tons to 10 million tons by 2030. Large exportable supplies together with higher quality rice, especially the popularity of Indica rice variety, will allow these countries to capture a greater share of Asian and African markets.

"Demand for other rice varieties is expected to robust over the next ten years including Japonica rice", the outlook said. Experts said that despite their different market structures in terms of production zones, consumer preferences and policies, most agricultural models do not distinguish between the two varieties. However, in the medium and long term, climate change is expected to affect production of both varieties.

Projections using the latest Climate Change and Rice Economy model based on six scenarios showed that international Japonica rice prices would be “more volatile” than those for Indica rice.

The scope for  model assessment includes major rice producers and consumers such as  Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, China, Japan, Korea, India, United States, the European Union (including the United Kingdom), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Madagascar and Nigeria. 

Accordingly, two key scenarios of the model found that agriculture and innovation systems in Viet Nam and China “will play a significant role in stabilizing international rice prices in the mid-to long-term, as climate change is increasingly making impacts on rice production.”

Author: Kim Long. Translated by Mai Tham.

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