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.

Source: Vietnam News Agency