Donpresh95:
Upon all this things we read on paper everyday, Both local and foreign rice are still very costly with #100 difference. People will always prefer stone free foreign rice with extra #100 than Stoney rice. Reduce the price of local rice drastically and it will force importers to stop due to lack of buyers

I will like to say to you today that ogun state rice is not stoney as you claim but very delicious and awesome aroma. The stupid and expired foreign rice will definitely pave way for this locally produced rice soonest.

GavelSlam:
Some people would rather die than believe progress is being made.

Why is their export to Benin Republic (Cotonou) on a serious rise?

Wawu. what the best way to start a new day

mumayyez:
This is a very good development, May continue to make things easy for all Nigerians and Nigeria as a whole

did u ask urself how did d country make up 4d 91% rice imports that stopped coming in from Thailand?

Nigeria drops by 91% while that of Benin Republic increased by nearly 90%...... In December 2017 Nigerian Police shared rice to almost all its officers & staff behold all the rice shared are Thailand (foreign).

APC change is in negative direction

tempex88:
To some it good news but what we know is that rather than Thailand to Lagos, it goes Thailand to cotonou and then from cotonou it’s smuggled to Lagos.

That is why their export to Benin Republic rose as indicated in the article

yeyerolling:
Fake report. Did dey factor in cotonou rice

Thailand export there is on the increase, we all know it ends up in Nigeria

ok

so we only import 1.2million metric tonne from thailand yet rice was affordable.

they told us that nigeria is already producing 15million metric tonnes of rice, yet rice is expensive.

this government sha.

Report filled with half truth. No wonder Trump could say those unprintable words about us.
Nigeria importation dropped since 2014, while rice importation to Benin rose sharply.

Those Nigerians importing to Nigeria, simply changed route and started importing through Benin and smuggling same into Nigeria without paying duty.
So who is losing at the end of the day?
Nigeria Government. Still qondeing why the rice is now a little bit cheaper. Smugglers are having a filled day and their business is thriving.

This is because there is no scarcity of premium parboiled shortex rice in the market. If in doubt , visit various rice markets within our border towns. Ogun state still has cheap rice and their locally produced rice (ofada) is out of the reach of the common man.

So where does that leave us? No where. We are simply not a honest country and we are not honest with our selves.

Was Donald Trump right about us?

I leave you to answer that. Good morning.

Myde4naija:
I will like to say to you today that ogun state rice is not stoney as you claim but very delicious and awesome aroma. The stupid and expired foreign rice will definitely pave way for this locally produced rice soonest.

Do you mean the fake rice? https://www.nairaland.com/4290201/fake-rice-pyramid-busted-ogun

and how much is one custard paint of the rice?

GavelSlam:
Some people would rather die than believe progress is being made.

This shouldnt be news. the govt was voted to make progress. must they fail in everything? haba!

Thailand Rice to Nigeria drops by 91% but import to Benin Republic rose by over 200%

Who is deceiving who?

Donpresh95:


Do you mean the fake rice? https://www.nairaland.com/4290201/fake-rice-pyramid-busted-ogun

and how much is one custard paint of the rice?

I mean mitros rice that's I bought with my own money at Abeokuta, I don't join people that celebrated bad news about the country, I deal with facts.

In summary, less rice entering Nigeria via the ports, but more rice entering via Cotonou. No progress there.

Ekugbeh:
Believe this at ur own p....

enemy of progress

Liars. When you feed IDPs with confiscated rice after stealing a reasonable percentage and compelled the importers to pay for import duties at higher rates, what else do you expect.

Myde4naija:
I mean mitros rice that's I bought with my own money at Abeokuta, I don't join people that celebrated bad news about the country, I deak with facts.

how much is mitros rice is it available

lexy2014:
if d amount from Thailand 2 Nigeria has dropped by 91%,then which rice have we been eating in Nigeria?

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The ones the importers stock piles in warehouses over Nigeria.
Becareful some of this rice have expiry and the dates have been temper with.

Buhari is working!

BrandSpurNG:
Against the backdrop of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy of zero allocation of dollars for the importation of 41 items, including rice; import of rice from Thailand to Nigeria dropped from 1.23 million metric tonnes in 2014 to 23,192 metric tonnes as at November 2017.

According to data on the Thai Rice Exporters Association website, the value of these exports also dropped to 324 million Thai baht (from 8.2 billion Thai Bhat).

Thailand’s rice export to Nigeria (180 million people):

2014 — 1,239,810 metric tonnes2015 — 644,1312016 — 58,2602017 — 23,197

At this rate, by 2020 Nigeria will be exporting rice?

Thailand’s rice export to Benin (10.8 million people): 

2015 — 805,7652016 — 1,427,0982017 — 1,647,387

Industry sources believe that the reduction in Nigeria’s importation trend was facilitated by the successful implementation of the Anchor Borrowers’ scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), from which many states had benefited.

He said: “We have got to get used to discipline and direction in economic management. The days of business, as usual, are numbered. Two years ago, I appealed to people to go back to the land. “I am highly gratified that agriculture has picked up, contributing to the government’s effort to restructure the economy.“Rice imports will stop this year. Local rice, fresher and more nutritious variants would be on our dishes from now on.”

According to Buhari:

“Great nations are built by enterprising people who turn their hands to anything that circumstances dictate.”

To intensify local production, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture (NIRSAL) is deploying an innovative nation-wide field structure to support 225,000 farmers under the CBN Anchor Borrowers Scheme.

Curiously though, Nigeria’s neighbours, Republic of Benin, recorded an astronomical increase in rice imports from Thailand, from 805,765 metric tonnes in 2015 to 1,647,387 million metric tonnes as at November 2017 — leading to suspicion that the drop in Nigeria’s import may not have to do with the claim by the Federal Government that the country now produces enough rice for domestic consumption, but the zero dollar allocation that has placed the burden of sourcing foreign exchange for the importation of the affected 41 items on the importer.

Meanwhile, Thailand is expected to have some 9.5 million tons of rice for export this year, a senior government official said.

The 9.5 million tons of the Thai rice will bring some 4.7 billion U.S. dollars in export value throughout 2018, according to acting Foreign Trade Department director-general Adul Chotinisakorn.

That compared to last year’s 11.48 million tons of the Thai rice which secured 5.1 billion U.S. dollars in export value, the acting department chief said.

However, Thailand has remained the world’s largest exporter of Hom Mali (fragrant jasmine) quality rice, he said.

The forecast drop in the export volume of the Thai rice would apparently result from unfavorable weather conditions and the government’s policy to cut down the overall producing volume for fear of oversupply to the world market.

 

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/thailands-rice-export-to-nigeria-drops-by-91/

Where do you think the rice exports to Benin republic ends up? Abegi ....

Here is the link of the Thai Rice Exporters Association where they posted that data: http://www.thairiceexporters.or.th/export%20by%20country%202017.html

Check out how their rice exports to Benin Republic are increasing with inverse proportion to the decrease in exports of rice from Thailand to Nigeria. Nothing has changed. We're simply importing Thai Rice through Cotonou.

please I didn't read all the article, all i want to know is how much will a bag of rice be? please I didn't read all the article, all i want to know is how much will a bag of rice be?

PHILipu1:
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The ones the importers stock piles in warehouses over Nigeria.
Becareful some of this rice have expiry and the dates have been temper with.

Buhari is working!

so what u are trying 2 say is that importers had a stock pile of rice that can feed 180million people 4 two years?

doyinbaby:
how much is mitros rice is it available

mitros rice is available in different measurement 50kg of parboiled rice go for 11'500 naira, 50kg of ofada is sold for 25,000 naira.



There are 1kg of both rice which of being sold for 250naira and 500naira respectively.

PHILipu1:
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The ones the importers stock piles in warehouses over Nigeria.
Becareful some of this rice have expiry and the dates have been temper with.

Buhari is working!

so rice has expiry date?that's interesting. so whats d shelf life of an imported bag of rice?

GavelSlam:
Do the math.

No matter how you look at it there is still 200, 000 tonnes less import to either Nigeria or Benin Republic.

In addition, the government isn't supporting the dollar demand for such transactions meaning less pressure on our forex.

Face it, there's a vast improvement in the local production of rice.

u say "vast improvement"...in d last six months, which rice have u been eating foreign or local?

Myde4naija:
mitros rice is available in different measurement 50kg of parboiled rice go for 11'500 naira, 50kg of ofada is sold for 25,000 naira.



There are 1kg of both rice which of being sold for 250naira and 500naira respectively.

ok

mumayyez:
This is a very good development, May Allah continue to make things easy for all Nigerians and Nigeria as a whole

Nigeria's increased production of rice is a good thing but the fact that Thai exports of rice to Benin has more than doubled in 2 years tells you all that is really going on is that rice meant for Nigeria is being routed to Benin.

no politics, just common sense.

What the government need to do now is ban anything rice coming from Cotonu. Promise all customs officers posted to the borders of Benin republic with mouth watering incentives by the amount of smuggled rice recovered.

lexy2014:
this is information to ponder

Issue is that the increase is as a result Nigerians changing the direction of where the rice come in from. Nigerians and cunny cunny.

It's in the blood. Build your own mba, chop the ones the few of your own are building Mba.

But always ready to chop what other countries are building!

Lazy thinkers!

You didn't know this? Now go inside, check the sack of rice you have at home, should find the information there.

lexy2014:
so rice has expiry date?that's interesting. so whats d shelf life of an imported bag of rice?

somehow:
You didn't know this? Now go inside, check the sack of rice you have at home, should find the information there.

I don't have a bag of rice at home. I ususlly buy paint rubber.Since u have checked, share with me ur findings