Vietnam remains as Singapore's top rice supplier

Packs of rice on a conveyor belt in Tan Long rice mill in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang. — VNA/VNS

SINGAPORE: Vietnam continued to be the top source of rice in Singapore, with over S$73.4 million (US$54.6 million) worth of rice shipment to the nation during January-June, a year-on-year surge of 54.67 per cent.

Statistics from the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore showed that export turnover of glutinous rice to the city-state rose more than five fold to S$8.9 million broken rice shot up 187.3 per cent to S$1.5 million, and milled or husked fragrant rice soared 161.35 per cent to S$27.27 million.