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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?