Vietnam Lifts Ban on Rice Exports With Export Quota for April
Vietnam will resume exporting rice less than a month after announcing a temporary ban on the shipments (see 2003270010), according to an April 14 report from CustomsNews, the mouthpiece for Vietnam Customs. The country will establish an export quota of…
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400,000 tons of rice for April, the report said. Once the quota is reached, the country’s customs authority will “automatically stop receiving registration of customs declarations” for rice exports. The announcement came as the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade considered proposing strict limits on monthly rice exports during the COVID-19 pandemic (see 2004020015).