Vietnam Weekly Export Prices Highlights

Export rice price offers were almost unchanged last week, as many buyers expect lower export prices after the Lunar New Year this month, when the harvest of the spring crop in the Mekong River Delta begins.




Trader Quotes for Vietnam Rice Exports FOB basis, Week ending January 29, 2010


                                              Quotes ($/ton)                                                                       Quote Averages
%
Broken
                                          #1  #2  #3    #4  #5   #6  #7                                Current Average  Previous (Jan. 22)
5                                       465 470 470 465 470 470 470                                           468.57    468.57
10                                     460 465 465 460 465 460 465                                           462.86    462.86
15                                     455 450 455 450 455 455 455                                           453.57    456.43
25                                     N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.                                         N.A.         N.A.

Source: Vietnamese rice exporters