date:Apr 23, 2013
nsumption of rice.
Rice
Post forecasts Afghanistans MY 2013/14 rice production at 460,000 MT from a harvested area of 205,000 hectares, which is unchanged from the previous marketing year because of average weather conditions.
Pakistan will remain the dominant supplier of rice to Afghanistan as the country commands 95 per cent market share. Post estimates MY 2012/13 rice consumption at 620,000 metric tons, a two per cent increase from the previous marketing year reflecting increased consumer