Vietnam maintains top position among Singapore’s rice supplier
Vietnam continued to be the top source of rice in Singapore, with 73.4 million SGD (over 54.6 million USD) worth of rice shipment to the nation during January-June, a year-on-year surge of 54.67%.
Vietnam has been the top source of rice in Singapore. (Photo: VNA)
Singapore (VNA) – Vietnam continued to be the top source of rice in Singapore, with 73.4 million SGD (over 54.6 million USD) worth of rice shipment to the nation during January-June, a year-on-year surge of 54.67%.
Statistics from the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore showed that export turnover of glutinous rice to the city-state rose more than five fold to 8.9 million SGD, broken rice shot up 187.3% to 1.5 million SGD, and milled or husked fragrant rice soared 161.35% to 27.27 million SGD.
Meanwhile, earnings from white rice witnessed a slight increase of 1.91% to 34.5 million SGD, while revenue from regular brown rice fell 51.2% to 102,000 SGD.
Vietnamese rivals, Thailand and India, sold some 70.73 million SDG and 58.41 million SGD worth of rice to the nation.
Singapore’s increasing rice import is attributable to India’s rice export ban, and the country’s tourism recovery. During the six-month span, it spent nearly 224.5 million SGD on rice purchase, up 13.62% year-on-year.
According to Vietnamese trade counseller Cao Xuan Thang, major competitors of Vietnam in the Singaporean market, namely Thailand, India and Japan, have paid due attention to enhancing their product images, while Vietnamese firms have had no large-scale promotion campaign.
He stressed that Vietnamese exporters must strive to improve their competitive edge as well as rice quality, given the strict management of the rice market by the Singaporean government.
The signing of agreements and commitments at the governmental level regarding rice supply will contribute to stabilising Vietnamese rice shipment to Singapore, he suggested.
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