FOOD SUPPLY
India’s tax on rice exports may add to price pressure cooker
12 September 2022 - 19:39
UPDATED 12 September 2022 - 23:15
SA’s battered consumers are set to pay more for rice in the coming months after India, the biggest exporter of the grain, put restrictions on shipments in a bid to curb shrinking supplies and stabilise prices after low rainfall curtailed planting.
After wheat and maize, rice is the third most popular food consumed globally, including in SA...
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