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 USA Rice Foodservice Cookbooks Emphasize Holiday Volume X | Issue I Menu  Rice imports hit two-decade high  Raid on rice millers over paddy bungling  Asia rice-markets slow into year-end; Bangladesh awaits India shipments  Paddy farmers to get Rs 500 cr solution for stubble burning hazard  Rice basmati, wheat edge up on increased offtake  Firms, groups seek government OK to import rice  Rice basmati, wheat edge up on increased offtake  Rice imports hit two-decade high  Firms, groups seek government OK to import rice  Rice: Thailand, India to lose $8m daily  One reason Nigeria's dream of ending rice importation in 2018 is not achievable  Bangladesh December inflation eases to 5.83 pct y/y  Bulog to adopt new approach for better absorption of farmers' rice  Commodity Prices Soar Due to Bad Weather  Commodity-Prices-Soar-Due-to-Bad-Weather NFA to standardize terms of contracted services  Purchase of paddy may cross target: Odisha Food Supplies Minister  Rice growers coming to EC Civic Center this month  New rice varieties from University of Arkansas  Diamond and Titan are new rice varieties from 1 University of Arkansas  Eliminating poverty  FSANZ assesses plea on GR2E rice or golden rice and www.ricepluss.com / www.riceplusmagazine.blogspot.com approves it asContact safe Online Advertisement : mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com Cell: 0321 369 2874  Red Yeast Rice Global Industry Sales, Supply And Consumption 2018 And Forecast To 2023

Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter News Detail‌ USA Rice Foodservice Cookbooks Emphasize Holiday Menu

By Gaby Carbajal

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO -- Just in time for the holiday season here, USA Rice unveiled two new cookbooks full of exciting rice recipes: a student chefs' magazine, "Futuros Chefs Cocinando con Arroz" (Future Chefs Cooking with Rice, Volume 2), and "Lo Mejor del Arroz por Los Mejores Chefs de MĂŠxico" (The Best of Rice by The Best Chefs in Mexico), featuring gourmet holiday dishes created by some of the most renowned professional chefs in Mexico.

Sixty guests attended the cookbook launch party on December 18, including several chefs included in the holiday magazine, chef instructors from various institutions where USA Rice conducts activities, publishers of the magazine, student chefs, and media. The guests participated in a roundtable discussion about their experiences cooking with U.S.-grown rice, the importance of rice in foodservice, and the impact of USA Rice activities on their industry.

The professional chefs said USA Rice events such as the chefs' competitions, foodservice

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter seminars and contests, trade shows, gourmet TV Shows, social media content, and particularly the arrozgourmet.com.mx website have significantly increased their use of U.S.-grown rice in their restaurants, hotels, and businesses. They are incorporating U.S. rice more frequently in their menus because of its versatility, ease of preparation, and superior quality.

Chef instructors echoed the sentiment that USA Rice activities at their schools have positively impacted their students, and are effective in influencing the prospective chefs to use U.S. rice in their future jobs.

"We target culinary students because they will be in key decision-making roles in the future," said Sarah Moran, USA Rice vice president international promotion. "Students said USA Rice tutorial activities awaken their creativity and help them think about preparing rice in more varied ways."

The roundtable discussion also included feedback on how to continue promoting U.S. rice and reaching a larger audience in 2018.

"USA Rice cookbooks sell out fast because consumers want to learn how to make gourmet main dishes and desserts for Christmas and New Year's that can be replicated at home for holiday meals," said Rocio Navarro, Editorial Mango magazine editor.

In the first ten months of 2017, the U.S. exported more than 750,000 MT ($234 million) of rice to Mexico, 12 percent more than the same time period in 2016. USA Rice's varied promotional activities have helped play a part in this increase in exports that benefit the entire industry.

Rice imports hit two-decade high Soaring imports fail to rein in prices 12:00 AM, January 04, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:17 AM, January 04, 2018

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Sohel Parvez Rice imports scaled a two-decade high in the first half of the fiscal year as private importers rushed to make profit from higher prices resulting from huge crop losses amid three episodes of floods.

Imports of the staple stood at 22.59 lakh tonnes in July-December of fiscal 2017-18, the highest since 1998-99 when a record 30.67 lakh tonnes of rice were bought from external sources in the full fiscal year, according to food ministry data.

The government imported 5.08 lakh tonnes of rice in July-December.

Analysts said imports soared in the face of speculation of a decline in yield of current aman and low stocks of previous boro rice at private mills. A slash in import duty to 2 percent from 10 percent in August gave a boost to imports.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Analysts said higher imports will increase supply, thus helping to stabilise the market and benefit consumers. But the government should be watchful so that higher imports do not hurt farmers by creating a glut in the market, they added. “Imports will continue as prices are higher in Bangladesh compared to India,� said Citta Majumder, managing director of Majumder Group of Industries.

Food ministry data showed letters of credits to import 32 lakh tonnes of rice were opened until December 23 last year.

The buoyancy in imports continues at a time when farmers have harvested most of the aman crop, which accounts for 38 percent of the country's annual rice production.

The soaring imports and the harvest of aman crop have increased the availability of rice.

However, prices of the staple still remain high.

In Dhaka, retail prices of the coarse and medium quality rice, consumed by the majority of the population, were Tk 44 to Tk 56 a kg yesterday, according to data from the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).

Yesterday's prices of coarse and medium quality grain were 6 percent and 4 percent higher from a month ago, show TCB data.

Majumder said there is high speculation that aman output declined in 2017 from a year ago.

The government decision to buy rice at Tk 39 per kg and millers' rush to buy aman paddy contributed to the higher prices, he said.

Majumder said the number of buyers is high this year. Many millers don't have any stock of previous boro paddy and entered the market to buy aman paddy to keep their mills running.

A US Department of Agriculture report in November forecasted a drop in aman production to 1.3 crore tonnes in the fiscal year. The agency also said overall output will decline.

In December, the Food and Agriculture Organization said total paddy production would fall in 2017 by 3 percent to 5.08 crore tonnes, a five-year low. It estimated paddy output at 5.21 crore tonnes in 2016.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter “In Bangladesh, three episodes of severe floods during 2017 affected large areas of the country, particularly northern districts, causing losses to the two main boro and aman crops, which together account for more than 90 percent of total annual output,” said the FAO. Rezaul Karim Talukder, poverty and social protection policy adviser of the FAO Bangladesh, said the floods and a disease infestation in aman crop might have caused a loss of 15-20 lakh tonnes of rice.

He said imports are rising as there is demand from the private and public sectors.

Talukder expected the prices of rice to become stable for increased imports and the harvest of aman.

Quazi Shahabuddin, a former director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, said the private sector is importing because of the price gaps between domestic and international markets.

He stressed ensuring a bumper boro harvest in the coming season to bring down prices of rice. http://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/rice-imports-hit-two-decade-high-1514755.

Raid on rice millers over paddy bungling

By Express News Service | Published: 04th January 2018 02:02 AM | Last Updated: 04th January 2018 07:21 AM | Civil supply officials verify paddy bags at a godown in Malkangiri | Express MALKANGIRI:The civil supply officials on Wednesday raided several godowns of 11 rice mills across the district and seized huge quantities of paddy bags stocked illegally. It was found that the millers had stocked crops in excess of targeted procurement.

Earlier, farmers had alleged before the district administration that the millers engaged at the mandis used to cut down up to 1 kg of paddy per quintal for fair average quality (FAQ) testing while buying the produce from them during the procurement. Acting on the allegations, Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarthy had formed a squad to conduct raids on the rice mills across the district. Recently, the team also conducted raids on 21 rice mills across the district.

Farmers’ leaders alleged that the paddy growers in the district have incurred losses due to the nexus between unscrupulous officials of the civil supplies department and millers. Most of the

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millers have stored excess paddy procured illegally from the mandis. But the team could not unearth it as the millers were informed about the raid by some civil supply officials, they said.When contacted, District Civil Supply Officer Abhimanyu Mohanty said the team is yet to submit the report of seizure.

The exact amount of excess paddy seized from the millers will be known after the report is submitted. These 11 millers are not in a position to maintain the stock register, while the LAMPS, which purchased paddy and handed it over to millers, have not submitted acceptance note. An additional procurement target of 2,58,000 quintals has been fixed after achieving the initial target of 5,52,000 quintals of paddy. So far, 5,97,000 quintals have already been procured, he added.

Meanwhile, locals and some farmers’ organisations have urged the Collector to reconstitute the squad alleging that some officials of civil supply department are having nexus with the millers. They demanded surprise raids on the rice mills.

India Express

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Asia rice-markets slow into year-end; Bangladesh awaits India shipments THU, DEC 28, 2017 - 9:52 PM [BENGALURU] Rice markets in major Asian centres remained muted this week, with trades few and far between due to the holiday season and the approaching year-end, while Bangladesh awaited shipments from India as part of a previously announced deal.

Bangladesh, which has emerged as a major importer this year after floods damaged its crops, has signed a deal, announced earlier this month, to import 150,000 tonnes of rice from India at US$440 a tonne, Badrul Hasan, head of Dhaka's state grains buyer, told Reuters on Thursday.

Another deal with Thailand to import 150,000 tonnes of parboiled rice at US$465 a tonne could be signed next week, he added.

"We have already purchased or finalised deals to fulfil our target," said Hasan, adding that the state grains buyer aims to import 1.5 million tonnes in the year to June 2018.

The cost of rice imports has increased in recent weeks due to weakening of the local currency against the dollar, amid an appreciation in the Indian rupee, a Dhaka-based trader said.

In August, Bangladesh cut a duty on imports of the grain for the second time in two months to boost stocks and combat high domestic rates, prompting purchases by private dealers, with most of the deals being struck with neighbouring India.

In top exporter India, the 5 per cent broken parboiled rice prices were unchanged from last week's US$418-US$421 per tonne level.

"Due to Christmas and New Year holidays, trading volume is down significantly. Traders are in vacation mood," said an exporter based in Kakinada in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

The Indian rupee was trading near its highest level in three months, slashing exporters' returns from overseas sales.

"The appreciating rupee is keeping prices firm for overseas buyers. In the last few days, demand from Bangladesh has been weak," said another exporter in Kakinada.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter In Thailand, the benchmark 5 percent broken rice ticked up to US$398-US$400, free-on-board (FOB) Bangkok, from US$390-US$398 last week, even as the market remained subdued, traders said.

Trade was quiet as the end of the year approaches and foreign buyers are not placing orders, a Bangkok-based trader.

Meanwhile, the Thai Rice Exporters Association forecast rice exports to exceed 11 million tonnes in 2017, a record high.

"Some of that is old rice in state warehouses, as announced by the commerce ministry," the trader said.

The market for the staple grain remained quiet in Vietnam as well, with traders quoting the benchmark 5 per cent broken rice at US$390-395 a tonne, free-on-board (FOB) Saigon, the same as last week.

Rice exports from Vietnam in December were forecast higher than last month at 400,000 tonnes, a government report said, with traders attributing the increase to shipment of previously signed deals. http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/energy-commodities/asia-rice-markets-slow-into-year-endbangladesh-awaits-india-shipments

Paddy farmers to get Rs 500 cr solution for stubble burning hazard The National Capital could breathe easier next winter, as paddy farmers in Punjab and Haryana might receive help from Niti Aayog and National Green Tribunal to tackle paddy stubbles on their fields for readying them for planting potato or wheat.

"The PMO is looking into this problem and they have now fixed a Rs 500 crore budget (earlier pegged at Rs 700 cr) for Punjab and Haryana to tackle this problem and improve air quality in Delhi," said Lakshmi Raghupathy, a former deputy director of the ministry of environment and forest, and now an environment services expert. "This subsidy should go to farmers on purchase of machinery like harvesters and zero tillers. And a part of it would be used to subsidize

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industries who would use these refuse as fuel as subsidy on its transport cost," said Raghupathy.

Raghupathy, who was recently engaged with the National Green Tribunal as an adviser on the committee investigating the cause of stubble burning, said: "The NGT recommends penalizing farmers. But disgruntled debt-stressed farmers refuse to pay them." She said that the Niti Aayog has been tasked with finding the correct use of the central subsidy to the two states. "NTPC have said that they will use 10 per cent of stubble based pellets in their fuel mix for power plants."

NTPC has already floated tenders for receiving such Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) for their power plants from Punjab and Haryana.

The tenders are likely to be opened on January 10. Haryana government had extended a plan to the Niti Aayog to use these crop stubbles for board making, as a supplement to wood, for furniture. A number of cement plants have also started to use crop stubbles as fuel supplement.

In Punjab, about 27 cement plants had conducted pilots of using crop stubble in their fuel mix and all plants have subsequently started to use them, the state government informed the NGT panel. Meanwhile, industries, too, have sought to pitch in with their bit in the effort to stop the menace of stubble burning n Delhi's struggle for clean breathable air. On behalf of the industries, CII's Sustainability Centre is also looking at ways to subsidize farmers for use of crop stubble as a bio-fuel or for other alternative means to reduce stubble burning in the open.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter "In south India farmers plough the stubbles and burn them inside mud silos. This is not practical in north India where farmers have many acres of land than when compared to in south India," said Raghupathy. According to her, the Niti Aayog is likely to finalise the policy to tackle the issue of crop stubble burning shortly. In the next few months the Aayog would also frame a policy for implementation on the ground, way ahead of the next paddy harvesting season in north India's rice belt. http://www.theweek.in/news/india/paddy-farmers-crore-solution-ease-stubble-burninghazard.html

Rice basmati, wheat edge up on increased offtake New Delhi, Jan 3 () Prices of rice basmati and wheat firmed up by upto Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today due to increased offtake. Traders said pick up in demand from retailers mainly led to rise in rice basmati prices. Increased offtake by flour mills amid pause in arrivals from producing belts helped wheat prices to trade a tad higher, they said. In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa- 1121 variety went up by Rs 100 each to Rs 7,600-7,700 and Rs 6,300-6,400 per quintal respectively. Wheat dara (for mills) also edged up by Rs 10 to Rs 1,780-1,795 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 1,790-1,795 per 90 kg. Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,780-1,795, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,7901,795, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 960-970 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,050-1,060 (50 kg). Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,300-6,400, Permal raw Rs 2,300-2350, Permal wand Rs 2,350-2,400, Sela Rs 2,700-2,900 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,925-1,975, Bajra Rs 1,225-1,230, Jowar yellow Rs 1,375-1,425, white Rs 2,750-2,850, Maize Rs 1,340- 1,345, Barley Rs 1,480-1,490. KPS ADI BAL https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-basmati-wheat-edge-up-onincreased-offtake/articleshow/62350466.cms

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Firms, groups seek government OK to import rice

By Jasper Y. Arcalas January 3, 2018

In Photo: In this file photo, a worker arranges sacks of rice at a National Food Authority warehouse. The government allows the private sector to import rice under the minimum access volume scheme to boost local supply.

The National Food Authority (NFA) said 297 companies and farmers’ organizations have applied for permits to import more than 2 million metric tons (MMT) of rice under the minimum access volume (MAV) scheme.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The NFA, the private firms and farmers’ organizations would purchase some 2.2 MMT of imported rice, nearly triple the 850,200 metric tons (MT) of the country’s MAV for 2017.

Imports within MAV are usually slapped a lower tariff.

“The NFA was able to generate P14.8 million from the nonrefundable application fee of P50,000 from each MAV applicant, while P2.4 billion was remitted to the national treasury as advance payment of customs duties made by 156 applicants as of December 15,” the NFA said in a recent statement.

Under Memorandum Circular AO-2017-08-002, which detailed the guidelines for the MAV 2017 importation, rice traders will be allowed to source from countries with a specific quota and from omnibus origin, or other rice-producing countries.

Of the total applicants, 266 private firms and farmers’ organizations want to import 2.028 MMT of rice from Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and India. The remaining 31 rice traders will buy 171,971 MT from other rice-producing countries.

However, rice traders and farmers’ groups can only import 293,100 MT of rice from Thailand and Vietnam. They can also import 50,000 MT of rice from China, India and Pakistan; 15,000 MT from Australia; and 4,000 MT from El Salvador.

Under the importation guidelines, if the total applied volume under the MAV exceeds the quota, then the NFA will distribute the import allocation on a pro rata basis among the qualified applicants.

Well-milled rice imported under the 2017 MAV program will be slapped a 35-percent tariff, according to the importation guidelines. The quality should also not lower be than 25-percent brokens and/or any special rice variety.The importation guidelines also indicated that after all importers have filed their letter of intent, the NFA MAV prequalification team will conduct the validation and authentication of all the requirements submitted by the applicants.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The NFA Council, the highest policy-making body of the NFA, has divided the arrival of rice imports under the 2017 MAV into two phases: from December 20, 2017, until February 28; and June 1 until August 31.

The NFA said the council did this to ensure that the arrival of rice imports will not coincide with the harvest season. https://businessmirror.com.ph/firms-groups-seek-government-ok-to-import-rice/ Rice

basmati, wheat edge up on increased offtake PTI | Jan 3, 2018, 14:22 IST New Delhi, Jan 3 () Prices of rice basmati and wheat firmed up by upto Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale grains market today due to increased offtake.

Traders said pick up in demand from retailers mainly led to rise in rice basmati prices.

Increased offtake by flour mills amid pause in arrivals from producing belts helped wheat prices to trade a tad higher, they said.

In the national capital, rice basmati common and Pusa- 1121 variety went up by Rs 100 each to Rs 7,600-7,700 and Rs 6,300-6,400 per quintal respectively.

Wheat dara (for mills) also edged up by Rs 10 to Rs 1,780-1,795 per quintal. Atta chakki delivery followed suit and traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 1,790-1,795 per 90 kg.

Following are today's quotations (in Rs per quintal): Wheat MP (desi) Rs 2,080-2,280, Wheat dara (for mills) Rs 1,780-1,795, Chakki atta (delivery) Rs 1,790-1,795, Atta Rajdhani (10 kg) Rs 260-300, Shakti Bhog (10 kg) Rs 255-290, Roller flour mill Rs 960-970 (50 kg), Maida Rs 990-1,000 (50 kg)and Sooji Rs 1,050-1,060 (50 kg).

Basmati rice (Lal Quila) Rs 10,700, Shri Lal Mahal Rs 11,300, Super Basmati Rice Rs 9,800, Basmati common new Rs 7,600-7,700, Rice Pusa (1121) Rs 6,300-6,400, Permal raw Rs 2,3002350, Permal wand Rs 2,350-2,400, Sela Rs 2,700-2,900 and Rice IR-8 Rs 1,925-1,975, Bajra Rs

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter 1,225-1,230, Jowar yellow Rs 1,375-1,425, white Rs 2,750-2,850, Maize Rs 1,340- 1,345, Barley Rs 1,480-1,490. KPS ADI BAL https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rice-basmati-wheat-edge-up-onincreased-offtake/articleshow/62350466.cms

Rice imports hit two-decade high Soaring imports fail to rein in prices Sohel Parvez

12:00 AM, January 04, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 11:04 AM, January 04, 2018 Rice imports scaled a two-decade high in the first half of the fiscal year as private importers rushed to make profit from higher prices resulting from huge crop losses amid three episodes of floods.

Imports of the staple stood at 22.59 lakh tonnes in July-December of fiscal 2017-18, the highest since 1998-99 when a record 30.67 lakh tonnes of rice were bought from external sources in the full fiscal year, according to food ministry data.

The government imported 5.08 lakh tonnes of rice in July-December.

Analysts said imports soared in the face of speculation of a decline in yield of current aman and low stocks of previous boro rice at private mills. A slash in import duty to 2 percent from 10 percent in August gave a boost to imports.

Analysts said higher imports will increase supply, thus helping to stabilise the market and benefit consumers. But the government should be watchful so that higher imports do not hurt farmers by creating a glut in the market, they added. “Imports will continue as prices are higher in Bangladesh compared to India,� said Citta Majumder, managing director of Majumder Group of Industries.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Food ministry data showed letters of credits to import 32 lakh tonnes of rice were opened until December 23 last year.

The buoyancy in imports continues at a time when farmers have harvested most of the aman crop, which accounts for 38 percent of the country's annual rice production.

The soaring imports and the harvest of aman crop have increased the availability of rice.

However, prices of the staple still remain high.

In Dhaka, retail prices of the coarse and medium quality rice, consumed by the majority of the population, were Tk 44 to Tk 56 a kg yesterday, according to data from the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).

Yesterday's prices of coarse and medium quality grain were 6 percent and 4 percent higher from a month ago, show TCB data.

Majumder said there is high speculation that aman output declined in 2017 from a year ago.

The government decision to buy rice at Tk 39 per kg and millers' rush to buy aman paddy contributed to the higher prices, he said.

Majumder said the number of buyers is high this year. Many millers don't have any stock of previous boro paddy and entered the market to buy aman paddy to keep their mills running.

A US Department of Agriculture report in November forecasted a drop in aman production to 1.3 crore tonnes in the fiscal year. The agency also said overall output will decline.

In December, the Food and Agriculture Organization said total paddy production would fall in 2017 by 3 percent to 5.08 crore tonnes, a five-year low. It estimated paddy output at 5.21 crore tonnes in 2016. “In Bangladesh, three episodes of severe floods during 2017 affected large areas of the country, particularly northern districts, causing losses to the two main boro and aman crops, which together account for more than 90 percent of total annual output,� said the FAO. Rezaul Karim Talukder, poverty and social protection policy adviser of the FAO Bangladesh, said the floods and a disease infestation in aman crop might have caused a loss of 15-20 lakh tonnes of rice.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter He said imports are rising as there is demand from the private and public sectors.

Talukder expected the prices of rice to become stable for increased imports and the harvest of aman.

Quazi Shahabuddin, a former director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, said the private sector is importing because of the price gaps between domestic and international markets.

He stressed ensuring a bumper boro harvest in the coming season to bring down prices of rice.

http://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/bangladesh-rice-imports-hit-two-

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter …as Nigeria bans imports Thailand and India, the biggest exporters of rice to Nigeria, may lose over $8 million per day, following the country’s plan to stop importation of rice this year, New Telegraph has learnt.

President Muhammadu Buhari hadm in his New Year message, last Monday, said that Nigeria will stop rice importation this year.

A report obtained by our correspondent put the exports to Nigeria by the pair at $8 million per day.

Besides, statistics from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) revealed that government was already pruning rice importation quota to importers in order to pave the way for massive local production.

The report stated that this was already causing panic in the two countries’ economies.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, was quoted as saying in the report that the plan to stop rice importation was also sending jitters into the international market, especially major countries benefitting from Nigeria’s rice importation.

Ogbeh said Nigeria’s annual food import bill of around $20 billion could not be sustained under the current economic atmosphere, adding that backward integration programme was the solution to attaining industrialisation.

He said that Nigeria was the largest rice producer in Africa and also the continent’s biggest importer of the grain.

The report revealed that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s announcement last year that he was making a $1 billion investment in Nigeria’s rice production seemed to vindicate government’s approach.

It stated that Dangote Group planned to produce one million tons of parboiled milled rice over the next five years, equivalent to 16 per cent of domestic demand.

Other big players in the production chain include Lagos-based conglomerate, TGI, which opened a rice mill in August with a capacity of 120,000 tons and Olam Nigeria, part of Singapore-based Olam International, which plans to boost its existing rice output.

Also, it stated that Dangote’s rice initiative planned to provide inputs such as seeds and fertiliser, as well as training for nearly 50,000 medium and smallholder farmers, who will then provide their land and labour.

The report added that some of the government initiatives were in place to promote small-scale agriculture.

They include the CBN’s $300 million Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, introduced in 2015 to provide cheap loans and input subsidies for hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers.

In addition, the World Bank is also supporting government’s agricultural transformation strategy with a $200 million loan to support small-to mid-scale rice production. Government’s growyour-own push seems to be working, according to the report.

However, in his response to the country’s bid to end rice importation this year, the Managing Director of Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, Mahmoud Daneji, said that government may have a laudable programme on the table on rice self-sufficiency, but many

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter of the smallholder farmers, who produce over 90 per cent of Nigeria’s food face an uphill battle to maintain that supply.

“You may have a very laudable programme, but in as much as there is no input from the potential beneficiaries, it will definitely fail,” he revealed.

Daneji listed the problems farmers face to include lack of access to quality seeds, fertiliser, effective agricultural extension systems and access to credit for those who need it.

He explained that despite the raft of initiatives aimed at boosting output, farmers still typically worked with their bare hands in fields lacking irrigation, live in areas with poor roads that limit their access to markets and are facing a growing threat of climate change without advice on how to adapt.

“In a survey last year, farmers cited the lack of fertiliser as their biggest problem by far, despite a long-running government input programme. Nearly three-quarter of respondents said they were unaware of any government interventions aimed at helping them,” he said.

Also, the Kano State chair of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Abdulrashid Magaji, said the bulk of government programmes rarely reached their intended target.

“They go instead to political favourites and close associates of politicians,” he alleged https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/01/rice-thailand-india-lose-8m-daily/

One reason Nigeria's dream of ending rice importation in 2018 is not achievable  

03.01.2018 Shakirudeen Taiwo Activities of rice smugglers in various border towns and communities across the country show the dream is far from being achieved.

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President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria would end the importation of rice from 2018, but this dream seems to be a mirage due to porous borders across the country.

The president stated this in his address to the nation on Monday, January 1, 2018, to mark the beginning of a new year. According to him, a lot of people responded positively to his appeal of returning back to the farm in 2015. Hence, the increase in local capacity production of rice and other agricultural products.

“I am highly gratified that agriculture has picked up, contributing to the government’s effort to restructure the economy,” he said.

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“Rice imports will stop this year. Local rice, fresher and more nutritious rice will be on our dishes from now on.”

However, activities of rice smugglers in various border towns and communities across the country show the dream is far from been achieved. These border towns are major smuggling routes parboiled rice from Thailand gets into the country illegally.

According to statistics by the Thailand Association of Rice Exportation, the total export of rice to Nigeria reduced by -59% between 2016 and 2017 (56,790 MT in 2016 and 23,192 MT in 2017). This is -96.4% when compared with the country’s import in 2015 (644,131 MT). Within the same period, the number of rice export to the Benin Republic went up by 19.9% (8,736,630 MT in 2016 and 10,474,084 MT in 2017).

And over 90% of these rice imports are planned for shipment into Nigeria. This is because the population of Benin Republic never increased as such to absorb this level of rice importation.

Without smuggling activities in Nigeria, it will be impossible to end the importation of rice. An occurrence of little supply shortage would prompt illegal in flocks of these products.

Hereby, creating a market imbalance that would push up the price of rice in the local market. http://www.pulse.ng/bi/politics/politics-one-reason-nigerias-dream-of-ending-rice-importationin-2018-is-not-achievable-id7798686.html

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Bangladesh December inflation eases to 5.83 pct y/y

By Reuters PUBLISHED: 11:14 GMT, 3 January 2018 | UPDATED: 11:14 GMT, 3 January 2018 DHAKA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's annual inflation rate in December eased to 5.83 percent from 5.91 percent the previous month, the statistics bureau said on Wednesday, as prices of nonfood items rose at a slower pace.

Annual inflation in October climbed to a 2-year high of 6.04 percent on the back of surging food prices.

Food prices in December were 7.13 percent higher than a year earlier, and higher than November's 7.09 percent.In contrast, non-food inflation moderated to 3.85 percent in December from 4.10 percent the previous month.Food inflation has accelerated mainly due to a surge in the price of rice, the staple for the population of 160 million. Higher prices of meat, pulses, milk and other items also contributed.

The government has started bulk rice imports for the first time since 2011 to combat record prices after floods hit domestic output amid dwindling state reserves.In August, Bangladesh cut a duty on rice imports for the second time in two months. But domestic prices hardly moved, posing a problem for the government, which faces a general election this year.

The central bank left key interest rates unchanged in July, saying it was trying to balance economic growth and inflation risks.Inflation eased to 5.44 percent in the financial year that ended in June, as non-food prices rose at a slower pace but food prices climbed to a two-year high. (Reporting by Ruma Paul)

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Bulog to adopt new approach for better absorption of farmers' rice Jakarta | Thu, January 4, 2018 | 11:54 am

Farmers carry bushels of harvested rice to a mill on Oct. 13, 2017 in Ngawi, East Java.

(Antara/Ari Bowo Sucipto) The National Logistics Agency (Bulog) has said on Wednesday that it will change its approach in purchasing rice to enable it to absorb more unhusked rice from farmers, according to a kompas.com report.

Bulog purchased 2.1 million tons of unhusked rice from farmers last year, or a mere 57 percent of its 2017 target of 3.7 million tons.

Bulog procurement director Andrianto Wahyu Adi said on Wednesday at the Agriculture Ministry that the agency could not optimally purchase rice from farmers as part of the

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter government’s mechanism to control the prices of unhusked rice from farmers, as it had to wait for the farmers to sell their rice.

In terms of the agency's change in approach, he said Bulog would no longer use the public service obligation (PSO) mechanism, with prices determined by the government, to purchase unhusked rice from farmers this year. Instead, the agency would buy the commodity at commercial prices.

“If we use commercial prices, we can buy rice according to market prices. We hope that the prices will [thus] be more competitive,” Andrianto said.

He said Bulog planned to buy 2.7 million tons of unhusked rice in 2018, after taking into account last year's absorption rate, which fell well below target.

He said the agency was no longer tasked with distributing subsidized rice to low-income households, following the government's decision to distribute assistance through a cashless mechanism. (bbn) Following the free fall in global nickel prices, more smelter companies in Indonesia have begun halting operations.

The number of smelters ceasing nickel processing activities increased to 17 in the first days of July, compared to 13 smelters that halted operations in June, said Processing and Smelting Companies Association (AP3I) deputy chairman Jonathan Handojo on Sunday.

“All of the smelters that halted operations were granted operational permits from the Investment Coordinating Board [BKPM],” Jonathan said as quoted by kontan.co.id, adding that BKPM chairman Thomas Lembong planned to meet with AP3I representatives to discuss the issue.

He blamed the situation on the government for allowing an overflow of raw mineral exports.

The government recently granted Indonesian company PT Ceria Nugraha Indotama (CNI) permission to export 2.3 million tons of nickel ore after the company promised to develop a smelter in Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi.

As a result, the price of benchmark nickel for three-month delivery on the London Metals Exchange (LME) fell by nearly 3 percent to US$9,130 per ton on July 6, compared to $9,410 on July 3. (dea).

Bags of rice and essential commodities scattered after the accident near Aspari in Kurnool district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: U. SUBRAMANYAM

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They were returning home after working in Nalgonda district Seven agricultural labourers were killed and 22 others sustained grievous injuries when a tipper overturned after its rear tyre burst, near the railway gate at Chinnahothur, near Aspari in Kurnool district, on Wednesday.

Several migrant labourers belonging to Kothapet village in Holagunda mandal in the district had gone to Nalgonda in Telangana about two months ago to work in cotton fields there. On completion of work, they purchased rice and essential commodities enough for about six months and engaged a tipper to return to their native place, according to Boya Hanumanthu, whose brother died in the accident.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Tragedy struck the agricultural workers who were happy to have earned money to fend their families for a few months, when the tipper overturned and essential commodities packed in several gunny bags fell on them and got scattered on the road. Alur Circle Inspector Ghouse and Aspari sub-inspector Sankaraiah rushed to the accident spot and shifted the injured to hospital.

Shaikamma (45), Narasamma (46), Govindamma (55), and Hanumanthamma (16) died instantly, while Sravanthi and Veeramma succumbed to injuries on way to the Government hospital at Adoni, according to the police. Ten severely injured persons were admitted to hospital at Adoni. A dozen other critically wounded workers were rushed to Kurnool General Hospital, but Boya Narayana (55) succumbed to injuries on the way.

Boya Durgamma (40), Boya Neelamma (35), Balaraju (16), Lakshmi (16), Boya Sunkanna, Hanumanthu and Sravanthi (8), are undergoing treatment in Kurnool. Chief Medical Officer S. Manjula of casualty ward in Kurnool General Hospital said of the 12 injured persons admitted in the casualty ward, the condition of four is critical. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/7-farm-workers-killed-as-tipperoverturns/article22364690.ece ws

Commodity Prices Soar Due to Bad Weather TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Data from the Trade Ministry show that commodity prices soared on January 2-3. The commodities are rice, wheat, soybean, meat, eggs, onion, instant noodles and beans.Director General of Trade for the Trade Ministry Tjahya Widayanti said that the price increase was caused by bad weather that has occurred since the end of last year.

Bank Indonesia has reported commodity prices increase, including chili peppers, green bird’s eye chili, red bird’s eye chili, cooking oil and premium sugar.

“Plants are prone to rain showers. It’s the law of supply-demand; it happens [due to rising demand],” Tjahya Widayanti said today.

According to Tjahya, the government has issued Agriculture Minister’s Regulation No. 27/2017 on benchmark staple food prices for farmers and consumers that applies since May 16, 2017.

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The staple foods are rice, corn, soybean, sugar, cooking oil, red onion, frozen meat, chicken and eggs https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018/01/04/056914548/

NFA to standardize terms of contracted services

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The National Food Authority (NFA) said it will fully implement standard terms of reference (TOR) for its contracted services such as security, trucking, hauling and warehouse handling, among others, starting this month.

“The standardization of TORs for service contracts will realize a true, transparent and competitive bidding in NFA services. It is one of my priority reform measures since I assumed stewardship of the agency,” NFA administrator Jason Aquino said in a statement.

NFA said a standard TOR for security services was recently finalized and will be implemented starting this month in all its offices nationwide.

According to Aquino, contracts, memoranda of agreement and memoranda of understanding entered into by NFA’s central and field offices varied in form and content even if they were compliant with pertinent provisions of the law.

For instance, he said, every contract is covered by TOR, but TORs for similar contracts varied in the various offices of the agency.

Last year, Aquino required all NFA central office department and regional managers to submit to the agency’s Legal Affairs Department all copies of contracts entered into in 2016 and earlier, and hold the signing and execution of new contracts and agreements in order to standardize all contracts across 15 regional and 89 provincial offices nationwide.

He also created a team to look into existing contracts and draft a uniform or standardized format and TOR for specific agreements such as services, supplies, and linkages with other government agencies, the private sector and local government units.

“As a matter of policy, I will allow partiality or bias only if it is in favor of the government,” Aquino said.

In line with the reforms, concerned NFA personnel were also required to attend seminars on the Government Procurement Law to ensure that all procurement procedures are complied.

Earlier, NFA also mentioned it will continue to build up its food security buffer stocks from domestic palay procurement and rice importation, if necessary, under a regime where quantitative restriction (QR) on rice has been lifted.

The agency made the statement following speculations that with the lifting of rice QR in favor of higher tariffs on rice imports, NFA may have to be reorganized to limit its functions to proprietary activities such as buffer stocking and local procurement.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter “If the past few years are any indication, we have seen a trend where palay farmgate prices have been on the uptrend, higher than NFA’s support price of P17 per kilogram. This is the reason we have not been able to meet procurement targets, resorting to importation to fill in the buffer stock requirement for food security,” Aquino said recently.

NFA believes it will take a while before the domestic rice market would be able to adjust to the non-QR regime, but noted the government should continue to provide safety nets for farmers who may be most affected by the free entry of imported rice into the country.

NFA also said while performing buffer stock functions, it shall continue to issue import licenses and provide necessary guidelines to ensure food safety and quality standards.

QR allows the country to limit the volume of rice imports entering the Philippines with a tariff of 35 percent. Importing outside the volume restrictions will entail a higher import tariff.

The economic managers of the Duterte administration earlier decided to allow the expiration of the QR without applying for another extension before the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The WTO granted the Philippines an extension of its QR on rice importation until June 30, 2017 to give local farmers more time to prepare for free trade.

It first allowed the Philippines to impose a 10-year QR on rice imports in 1995. It was extended in 2004 until 2012, and was renewed again in 2014. http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/business/nfa-standardize-terms-contracted-services

Purchase of paddy may cross target: Odisha Food Supplies Minister ByPragativadi News Service January 3, 2018 Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government has procured 14.32 lakh tonnes of paddy from over 2.32 lakh registered farmers in the current kharif marketing season (KMS). Notwithstanding crop loss due to due to scanty rainfall, pest attack and unseasonal rains, the State Government is expecting a bumper harvest of paddy.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter Speaking to media persons, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister SN Patro said, “We hope that the paddy procurement will cross the target set by the Government for the current KMS. Paddy production is more than expectations in areas not affected calamities”.The State Government has set a target to procure 53 lakh tonnes of paddy during khraif marketing season.

Replying to a question on alleged non-cooperation of rice millers in lifting paddy from mandis in time, the Minister said millers have been asked to speed up milling process and create additional storage space for stocking paddy.

The Minister said district official of the department have been instructed not to involve millers who have failed to return custom milled rice (CMR) of last KMS to Odisha State Civil Supplies Corporation (OSCSC).

Procurement of paddy for the current kharif marketing season which started from November 1 will continue till March 31.

Nabard has provided a credit support of Rs 3,085 crore to OSCSC for paddy procurement during the current financial year. http://pragativadi.com/purchase-paddy-may-cross-target-odisha-food-supplies-minister/

Rice growers coming to EC Civic Center this month Posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 12:30 am | Updated: 4:50 pm, Tue Jan 2, 2018.

Rice growers, farm bill experts and professional bug guys will be at the El Campo Civic Center soon for the annual Western Rice Belt Production Conference.

During the event, “the Rice Producers Association, and Texas A&M AgriLife Research will offer growers and others the opportunity to hear presentations from the top Extension and

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter research scientists from Texas as well as respected individuals from the rice industry,” Wharton County Ag Extension Agent Corrie Bowen said. http://www.leader-news.com/news/article_46658054-f00f-11e7-9381-cb498b0a3636.html

New rice varieties from University of Arkansas Diamond and Titan are new rice varieties from University of Arkansas Ron Smith | Dec 27, 2017 Two new varieties from the University of Arkansas Experiment Station should find traction in the marketplace in the coming year, says University or Arkansas Extension economist Bobby Coats.

Coats discussed the potential impact Diamond and Titan cold have on the domestic market during an interview at the USA Rice Outlook Conference held recently in San Antonio.

Eliminating poverty

By BusinessMirror Editorial January 3, 2018

One of the biggest challenges we face today is the growing chasm between the rich and the poor. For example, in 2017 the combined wealth of the 50 richest Filipinos was estimated at $74 billion. That’s about a quarter of the country’s 2016 GDP of $305 billion. On the other hand, four out of 10 Filipinos consider themselves poor.

The concentration of the country’s wealth in the hands of few individuals amid millions of poor Filipinos could be seen as economic injustice. We can blame the policies that do not address the root cause of poverty in perpetuating such inequality.

For example, farmers and fishermen remain poor because the government continues to neglect them.

This should not be the case because the Philippines was one among the United Nations member-states that signed a new set of global development goals that sought to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger everywhere.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter In his BusinessMirror column on Wednesday, Sen. Edgardo J. Angara wrote that rich Filipinos have been giving charitable grants and donations mainly through their corporate foundations. He added: “Regrettably, the Filipinos’ famed generosity has been waning in recent years. In the 2017 World Giving Index, the Philippines ranked 54th out of 139, falling from 16th out of 135 in 2013. While the Filipinos were the world’s 14th-most active volunteers (seventh in terms of their numbers), they weren’t as willing to donate money (95th) or to help a stranger (66th).”

Angara said the amount dedicated to philanthropy is vital because it’s a measure of one’s character and civics. Equally vital, he added, is where the charitable spending went, and to what purpose. Today, many among the Filipino rich pursue scholarship programs, school buildings, or one-off grants on the occasion of a calamity or the anniversary of the donor. All of these are welcome, but they are palliative in nature.

Angara said achieving true equality and genuine fairness in Philippine society offers multiple paths: more robust investments in basic education and modern skills training, improving child health and nutrition, or constructing livable shelters.

“Charitable giving could even be directed to research and development for improved food production or to oceanography for protecting our seas. Both areas would benefit many farmers and fisherfolk, among our poorest sectors,” he added.

Angara suggested that research grants can be awarded to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the Philippine Rice Research Institute, or to several state universities specializing in fruits and vegetable production. Why? Because such endowments may spark a nutrition revolution where Filipinos become taller and healthier—and eventually, more productive and ambitious.

His advice: “Filipino philanthropists should rethink, revise and reconfigure their giftgiving. They should adopt a systemic form of philanthropy that will be a strategic intervention to making a more equitable and inclusive country.”

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter The sad reality is that millions of poor Filipino children have grim chances of breaking out of the chain of poverty. If the meager amount their families have is spent on food, there’s nothing left for education and other needs. There’s a general consent that lack of formal education holds these poor kids back. That’s why it’s difficult for the poor to retain their self-respect or hope for a better future. When they feel destitute, they turn to drugs or petty crime.

We have to recognize the inevitable impact of abject poverty on crime and susceptibility to recruitment for criminal or, worse, terrorist acts. The rich can share their wealth to give the poor a chance to improve their lives. The government, however, has the sole responsibility to come up with economic policies to end gross inequality, unfairness and exclusion in Philippine society. https://businessmirror.com.ph/eliminating-poverty/

FSANZ assesses plea on GR2E rice or golden rice and approves it as safe Thursday, 04 January, 2018, 08 : 00 AM [IST] Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), in a recent report, has notified food derived from rice line GR2E, genetically modified to produce provitamin A carotenoids, especially beta carotene, in the grain, to be safe. The assessment was carried out by FSANZ in response to an application made by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to seek approval for the said rice line also known as golden rice.

Earlier, following the appeal by IRRI, FSANZ sought submissions on a draft variation and published an associated report. The body received 33 submissions. It approved the draft variation on December 6, 2017. The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation was notified of FSANZ’s decision on December 19, 2017.

IRRI had requested a variation to Schedule 26 in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) to include food from a new GM rice (Oryza sativa) line, GR2E. This rice line has been genetically modified to produce beta-carotene (the predominant form of provitamin A) and other minor provitamin A carotenoids in the endosperm of the rice grain.

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Daily Global, Regional and Local Rice E-Newsletter According to FSANZ, GR2E is a new food crop designed to mitigate vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. It is not intended to be used in the Australian or New Zealand food supplies. Approving this crop will prevent trade disruption should GR2E be inadvertently present in imported shipments of milled rice.

The primary objective of FSANZ in developing or varying a food regulatory measure, as stated in Section 18 of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (FSANZ Act), is the protection of public health and safety. Accordingly, the safety assessment is a central part of considering an application.

As per the regulator, based on the data provided in the application, and other available information, food derived from line GR2E is considered to be as safe for human consumption as food derived from conventional rice cultivars. The FSANZ Board has approved the draft variation to Schedule 26 (including permission for food derived from provitamin A rice line GR2E) and Standard 1.5.2 (a consequential amendment).

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