AMMAN — On Saturday, the
Russian government announced a ban
on the export of rice and rice groats until the end of the current year to
maintain stability in its local market. The representative of the food sector
at the
Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Jamal Amro, confirmed that Russia's
decision will not affect the Kingdom, as traders import limited quantities from
there.
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Amro stated that Jordan used to import small quantities from
the
Russian market, but it stopped doing so after the export ban was imposed in
mid-2022, Hala News reported.
Hence he ruled out any impact of the Russian decision on the
local market due to the availability of many alternative sources of
medium-grain rice. Amro said that 70 percent of the Kingdom's
rice consumption is the medium-grain variety, which is imported from the United States and
European countries.
He explained that the Kingdom's rice imports during the
previous year amounted to 230,000 tons, distributed among medium-grain,
long-grain, and basmati rice. The local market's consumption of rice in all its
varieties reaches 150,000 tons annually, while the remaining quantities serve
as stocks for
importers and traders.
The quantities of rice that the Kingdom imported from Russia
in recent years were 4,000 tons in 2020, 11,000 tons in 2021, and 8,000 tons
until mid-2022.
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