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Rice

464 $/mt +4.50% day

The world reference price for milled white rice, quoted by the IMF in dollars a tonne. Rice is the staple grain for more people than any other crop, and import bills across Asia and West Africa move with this number.

Jul 2026 · 464.000000 $/mt · −16.4% vs the window’s open

FRED · IMF · monthly
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Sep 2024high555.095238 $/mt
Oct 2024496.608696 $/mt−10.5%
Nov 2024487.428571 $/mt−1.8%
Dec 2024495.681818 $/mt+1.7%
Jan 2025459.782609 $/mt−7.2%
Feb 2025423.500000 $/mt−7.9%
Mar 2025417.000000 $/mt−1.5%
Apr 2025403.909091 $/mt−3.1%
May 2025396.454545 $/mt−1.8%
Jun 2025385.714286 $/mt−2.7%
Jul 2025367.565217 $/mt−4.7%
Aug 2025351.238095 $/mt−4.4%
Sep 2025349.136364 $/mt−0.6%
Oct 2025low330.608696 $/mt−5.3%
Nov 2025336.000000 $/mt+1.6%
Dec 2025388.695652 $/mt+15.7%
Jan 2026384.545455 $/mt−1.1%
Feb 2026388.500000 $/mt+1.0%
Mar 2026383.272727 $/mt−1.3%
Apr 2026385.954545 $/mt+0.7%
May 2026405.571429 $/mt+5.1%
Jun 2026444.000000 $/mt+9.5%
Jul 2026latest464.000000 $/mt+4.5%

Lately

The UN food agency put its price index up a third straight month, to 133.3 points, on cereals and sugar, with conflict and extreme weather named as the drivers. That basket figure does not break rice out, and nothing else this month accounts for where this contract has gone.

  1. Food Prices Hit Four-Year High

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