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World Rice Trade Outlook 2010: Getting past the 2008-2009 hangover

What happened between 2008 and 2009?

• Rice Price Trends
• Rice Price and Trade Events that shaped history
• Critical analysis of the recipe for the 2008 rice crisis
• Lessons Learnt

Key features of the trade in 2009: The Rice trade during a period of global crisis

• The inventory hangover that pressured rice markets
• Currency markets and the volatility displayed by the US Dollar
• Oil; Terminal markets and the combined impact on market sentiment and input costs
• Trade Finance crunch

What can be expected in 2010?

• What can we expect from rice prices? where will they go?
• Quality, Grades, Specialty rice markets and the vertical sectors in rice
• 25% grades; basmati; japonica; hom mali; parboiled rice sector analysis
• Are traditional import markets changing? where will future business come from?

Drivers of 2010: what should industry participants look for in 2010?

• more networking;
• more contact;
• more information;
• more exchange




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