India’s rice export ban hikes prices

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SA consumers hit as knock-on effect felt in imports from Thailand

20 August 2023 – 07:03

The Indian government has banned the export of non-basmati white rice to curb inflation amid fears that the El Nino weather phenomenon in Southeast Asia will hamper production in the world’s second-biggest supplier of the staple food. 

The ban is already hitting South African consumers in the pocket. ..

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