(News resource: Reuters, Oct. 21, 2011)
China's milled rice import demand in 2012 is expected to be around 700,000 tonnes, similar to this year due to sufficient stock while market prices would remain high, a government official said on Friday. The 2012 import, equivalent to around 1 million tonnes of rough rice, or paddy, would come from Thailand and Vietnam, the official from the government-run National Grain and Oilseeds Information Center told Reuters, adding that the higher-priced Thai grain would meet demand for the luxury market.
