Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 7/11/2006

**GAIN Report Number:** VM6040

VM6040

**Vietnam**

**Grain and Feed**

**Rice Weekly Update**

**2006**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)John Wade

#### FAS Hanoi, U.S. Embassy

**Prepared by:**

Truong Minh Dao

**Report Highlights:**

This report gives Vietnam rice local and export indicative prices in the
week of July 01-07 and its export volume in the first half of 2006.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Hanoi \[VM1\]

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**Indicative Price**

Trader Quotes for Vietnam Rice Exports FOB basis, Week ending July 07,
2006

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<td rowspan="2">% Broken</td>
<td colspan="7">Quotes</td>
<td colspan="2">Average of Quotes</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td>#1</td>
<td>#2</td>
<td>#3</td>
<td>#4</td>
<td>#5</td>
<td>#6</td>
<td>#7</td>
<td>Current Average</td>
<td><p>Previous</p>
<p>(Jun.30)</p></td>
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<td>5</td>
<td>258</td>
<td>258</td>
<td>259</td>
<td>258</td>
<td>258</td>
<td>259</td>
<td>259</td>
<td>258.43</td>
<td>259.14</td>
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<tr class="even">
<td>10</td>
<td>255</td>
<td>255</td>
<td>254</td>
<td>255</td>
<td>255</td>
<td>255</td>
<td>255</td>
<td>254.86</td>
<td>255.43</td>
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<td>15</td>
<td>248</td>
<td>249</td>
<td>248</td>
<td>248</td>
<td>247</td>
<td>248</td>
<td>248</td>
<td>248.00</td>
<td>249.14</td>
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<td>25</td>
<td>237</td>
<td>237</td>
<td>238</td>
<td>238</td>
<td>238</td>
<td>238</td>
<td>237</td>
<td>237.57</td>
<td>238.29</td>
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The peak harvest of the new crop is coming by the end of July. Despite
rice supplies increased over the past weeks, both local paddy and export
indicative prices are nearly unchanged compared with prices in the last
two weeks due to strong export activities for signed contracts.
Summer-Autumn paddy remained at VND2,300-2,350/kg.

The Exchange rate was \$1 to VND15,998 as of July 07, 2006.

**Exports**

######## The following are reported rice exports (metric tons) from June 23 to June 30, 2006.

  --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ---------------
  Week ending     Quantity     4-WK Avg.    Year to date     Year ago

  Apr. 14         117,076      124,769      1,363,076        1,269,000

  Apr. 21         95,000       98,019       1,458,076        1,415,000

  Apr. 28         72,524       88,650       1,530,600        1,620,000

  May 05          139,400      106,000      1,670,000        1,710,000

  May 12          111,000      104,481      1,781,000        1,871,000

  May 19          85,000       101,981      1,866,000        1,981,000

  May 26          91,000       106,600      1,957,000        2,110,000

  Jun. 02         226,000      128,250      2,183,000        2,173,000

  Jun. 09         121,000      111,375      2,304,000        2,283,000

  Jun. 16         92,500       132,625      2,396,500        2,356,000

  Jun. 23         120,000      139,875      2,516,500        2,450,000

  Jun. 30         235,000      142,125      2,751,500        2,620,000
  --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ---------------

End of report