由于亚洲主要生产商供应充足,而需求仍然疲软,大米期货交易价格低于每百斤14美元,为一周多来的最低水平。印度食品公司(FCI)编制的数据显示,2月初,最大生产国印度的大米库存达到6760万吨的新纪录水平,而政府的目标是760万吨。与此同时,越南计划在2025年出口超过750万吨大米,主要来自湄公河三角洲地区,据农业和农村发展部称,该地区今年预计将生产约2400万吨大米。与此同时,美国农业部2月份的WASDE报告将2024/25年美国大米产量上调至2.221亿英担,比上月增加230万英担,得克萨斯州和密苏里州的产量大幅增长。全球消费量减少10万吨,至5.302亿英担,主要原因是孟加拉国和中国的需求减弱。
Rice futures traded below $14 per hundredweight, their lowest in over a week, due to ample supplies from major producers in Asia while demand remains sluggish. Rice stocks in top producer India reached a fresh record level of 67.6 million tonnes at the start of February, compared to the government's target of 7.6 million tons, data compiled by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) showed. Concurrently, Vietnam plans to export over 7.5 million tons of rice in 2025, mostly from the Mekong Delta region, which is expected to produce around 24 million tons of rice this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's February WASDE report revised U.S. rice production for 2024/25 upwards to 222.1 million cwt, an increase of 2.3 million from the prior month, with significant gains in Texas and Missouri. Global consumption was reduced by 0.1 million tons to 530.2 million, mainly due to weaker demand from Bangladesh and China.