Rice prices in supermarkets lofty

On 15/9, at two supermarkets and some shops on Hanoi rice noticed the paradoxes of the rice price in the market. Rice on free market competition as reflected in the price According to some traders trading rice on the free market: Since the beginning of 2015 spring rice crop is finished, in about June, July far rice prices, Rice market starts off slowly. But the steepest drop was about 1 month back. A rice trader at the market she Thanh Xuan Bac, Thanh Xuan share: Ms. Rice business a decade. Her hometown in Hung Yen should she take home about Hanoi rice sold, but there are no borders when in the new harvest price rice market as cheap to go this year.

explanation of the cause prices to fall, traders said: This year rice exports slow, local traders about buying less. On the other hand, due to the economic integration of the country's rice in the region, especially the kind of Thai rice has appeared more and more in Vietnam. At the market before selling only domestic rice production, the recent sell Thai rice with different types of rice, glutinous rice, rice fragrance .... Together, gasoline prices have recently dropped deep. Transportation costs fell rice traders should we cut prices to compete. So now many sellers, not price competition is difficult sale. Rice in supermarket alone one unusual price Noted reporter at two supermarkets in Hanoi in 15/9 (please unnamed supermarket), here are the supermarket attracts number of people sizable consumer shopping. 2 supermarkets are implementing the campaign "The priority for Vietnam Vietnam" by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front launched, often deploy promotions, discount sales in many items. However, with rice, it was different. Subscribe many days, there are many factors affecting sales prices, including rice but with supermarkets that reporter to learn are not seen discounts.

Ordinary rice sold in supermarkets is 14,000 VND / kg, higher than ordinary rice outside the free market from 10,000 to 30,000 VND / oats. Hai Hau rice North incense (by name of the traders are eight special rice Hai Hau - collectively, eight rice Hai Hau) is priced at 118,300 VND / bag 5 kg, equivalent to 23,600 VND / kg - a closed bag available. Along this rice, but retail sale weight is more than 20,000 VND / kg. Compared with the free market in Hai Hau rice eight supermarkets have a higher selling price is from 50000-86000 copper / oats. Eight Dien Bien rice is priced at 22,700 VND / kg, higher than the open market 67,000 VND / oats. Sticky yellow flowers priced 31000-32000 / kg, higher than the external market is VND50,000 - VND60,000 / oats. Just as consumers, journalists often go to the market to buy rice, if compared prices with prices of supermarkets outside the free market, it is sold in the price of rice before and after the Lunar New Year this year. So, after a lot of factors affecting reduce prices, but the system remains the same supermarket sales price of 8-9 months ago.

Thus, if consumers buy rice in supermarkets in this moment is lost several thousand dong / oat rice. Human stories rice prices in 2 channel, with the same price difference is too large, the reporter learned statistics rice exports in the first 7 months. While 5 months, Vietnam exported 500,000 tons of rice over the months that 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. Although rice exports have increased in number, but according to some economic experts in the workshops on areas of Vietnam rice exports recently said that Vietnam's rice being rivals "bypassed". According to economic experts, Vietnamese rice not only compete with Thai rice but also Laos, Cambodia, India. In particular, China is the largest export market of Vietnam rice accounts for about 38% of total rice export volume of our country, the country's current development is promoting rice production area, while implementing measures prevent cross-border smuggling of rice. This is one of the factors that the price of rice on the free market has declined during recent detention. Quoted Nguyen Thi Hong Minh, former Deputy Minister of Fisheries (now MARD), exchanges at the conference, to be published by Electronic Workers dated 09/09/2015: "Mechanism" monopoly Collective "is making rice sector moved backwards, private enterprise development difficult." Affordable, that monopoly right in prices which now are supplying supermarkets in Vietnam, to Vietnam?