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agriculture vietnam rice
Food
2 min read

Indian rice rates gain for third week; markets eye Philippine order

Rice export prices rose for a third straight week in India while an Philippine order did little to infuse activity in Thailand and Vietnam. India’s 5 percent broken parboiled variety was quoted around $367-$375 per tonne this week, from $363-$371 the last…

petronas
Living
2 min read

Moody’s downgrades Petronas LNG’s ratings outlook to negative

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Petronas LNG Ltd’s (PLL) ratings outlook to “negative” from “stable”, following the same outlook revision for its parent company Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) yesterday. At the same time, the rating agency has…

palm oil
General
1 min read

Indonesia Will Not Cut Export Levy on Palm Oil: Minister

Indonesia has decided not to make any changes to export levies on palm oil, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Darmin Nasution said on Thursday. “Even though we have had discussions on the issue, we prefer not to change the policy on this area. There is…

fishery seafood
Finance
2 min read

Exporters fret over weaker yuan

While the weakening yuan has allowed Vietnamese importers to benefit from cheaper material costs, exporters are feeling the pinch. The yuan declined to 6.9075 per U.S. dollar on Nov. 6. The move has dragged the yuan down by almost 9 percent from the beginning…