Vietnam remains Singapore’s third-largest rice supplier

country’s total rice imports. The value marked a 17.1% decline year-on-year, which may be attributed to falling export prices. Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment reported that the country’s average export price for rice during this period was estimated at 517.5 USD per tonne, down 18.4% from the same period in 2024. Among Vietnamese rice categories in the Singaporean market, white rice posted the highest import value, reaching 38.6 million SGD in the first six months of 2025, an 11.9% increase year-on-year, capturing 29.6% of the market. Despite facing competition from more than 20 international suppliers, Vietnam ranks second in Singapore’s white rice imports, behind India, which posted 60.9 million SGD in sales and a 46.7% market share. In addition to white rice, two other Vietnamese rice categories recorded strong import values: milled fragrant rice and glutinous rice, with respective import values of 15.5 million SGD and 4.7 million SGD. These accounted for 57% ...