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Myanmar curbs rice exports to control domestic prices

Further tightening of global supplies could push up prices already at 15-year highs

Labourers unload sacks of rice from a ship in Yangon on June 28. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar is planning to temporarily restrict rice exports to control rising domestic prices, an official of its rice industry body said on Friday, joining India, the world’s biggest shipper of the staple amid tightening world supplies.

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