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Rice

Statistics

Summary Statistics on Rice

Summary Statistics on Rice (position at as 31 December 2011)

1.

Total number of registered stockholders of rice (Note 1 )
(of which new stock stockholder)

:

152
(0)

2.

Total number of approved rice storage places (Note 1)

:

93

3.

Total import quantity undertaken for the import period
1 Oct - 31 Dec 2011

:

86,000 tonnes (Note 2 )

4.

Quantity imported out of the import quantity undertaken at (3) above

:

85,500 tonnes

5.

Quantity consumed in the above import period (sold and cleared from approved rice storage place) (Note 3)

:

86,500 tonnes

6.

Closing stock (excluding reserve stock)

:

14,200 tonnes

7.

Reserve stock for the above import period

:

14,000 tonnes

Note 1 :Please click here and here for details on the lists of registered stockholders of rice and approved rice storage places respectively.

Note 2: A more detailed breakdown of the import quantity undertaken by the registered rice stockholders is as follows:

Undertaken import quantity
(Unit : tonnes)

No. of stockholders

0 44
0 - below 250 65
250 - below 500 8
500 - below 1,000 11
1,000 - below 1,500 7
1,500 - below 2,000 7
2,000 and above 10
Total

152

The total import quantity undertaken for the import period has already reflected stockholders' revision of undertaking import quantities under the flexibility arrangement.

Note 3: The actual consumption of rice in the fourth quarters of 2009 and 2010 was about 81,000 and 80,100 tonnes respectively.

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No. of Registered Rice Stockholders and Approved Rice Storage Places

(As at end of year unless otherwise specified)


2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008 2009
 2010

2011
(as at 31

Dec)

Registered stockholders of rice

52

83

97

94

93 96 108 121 129 152

Approved rice storage places

35

51

68

70

73 68 75 87 89 93

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Imports into Hong Kong by Origin and Rice Types

(Unit: 000 tonnes; percentage of share in brackets)


2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2011(as at 31 
Dec)

Mainland China

See Mew 3.0 3.8 2.2 2.4 1.5 1.6 2.0 7.6 12.2 3.2
Yu Jien 8.5 15.4 11.5 9.7 16.5 13.4 29.2 32.0 28.6 27.4
Others 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7
Sub-total
11.6
(3.6%)

19.4
(6.1%)

14.1
(4.6%)

13.0
(3.8%)

18.5
(5.9%)

15.7
(4.7%)

31.6
(9.4%)

40.0
(12.6%)

41.5
(12.8%)

31.3
(9.3%)

Thailand

Fragrant 254.7 236.3 197.4 219.5 215.6 236.5 209.8 206.3 189.3 171.3
White 14.7 29.4 61.5 69.7 53.1 49.1 71.3 38.3 17.8 20.0
Others 13.1 12.0 15.7 16.8 15.0 15.2 15.6 13.3 11.3 12.6
Sub-total 282.5(87.2%) 277.7
(86.2%)
274.6
(89.2%)
306.0
(90.9%)
283.7
(90.7%)
300.8
(90.5%)
296.7
(88.0%)
257.9
(81.3%)
218.4
(67.5%)
203.9
(60.7%)

Australia

Inga

14.9

13.3

7.8

4.2

2.6

2.8

1.6

0.2

0.2

0.4

Calrose

8.6

6.1

6.9

5.6

4.9

4.9

3.4

1.8

1.7

2.5

Others

0.2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.1

0.2

Sub-total

23.7
(7.3%)

19.4
(6.0%)

14.7
(4.8%)

9.8
(2.9%)

7.5
(2.4%)

7.7
(2.3%)

5.0
(1.5%)

2.0
(0.6%)

2.0
(0.6%)

3.1(0.9%)

Vietnam

0.5
(0.2%)
0.4
(0.1%)
0.9
(0.3%)
0.9
(0.3%)
1.8
(0.6%)
0.2
(0.1%)
1.6
(0.5%)
16.0
(5.0%)

58.7
(18.1%)

94.7(28.2%)

USA

5.3
(1.6%)
4.9
(1.5%)
2.7
(0.9%)
6.9
(2.1%)
0.8(0.2%) 0.7(0.2%) 0.7(0.2%) 0.3(0.1%) 0.8(0.3%) 0.6(0.2%)

Others

0.2
(0.1%)
0.4
(0.1%)
0.8
(0.2%)

0.2
(small
quantity)

0.6
(0.2%)
7.2
(2.2%)
1.6
(0.4%)
1.2
(0.4%)

2.3
(0.7%)

2.5
(0.7%)

Total

323.8
(100%)

322.2
(100%)

307.8
(100%)

336.8
(100%)

312.9
(100%)

332.3
(100%)

337.2
(100%)
317.4
(100%)

323.7
(100%)

336.1
(100%)

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Re-Exports by Destination

(Unit: tonnes)

¡@ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
(as at 31 Dec)

Macau

3,352 3,026 5,452 3,971 4,325 5,411 5,895 6,676 6,175 8,032

Mainland China

862 786 570 666 661 344 758 775 975 688

Canada

609 724 715 627 1,050 995 1,396 792 218 160

USA

340 256 456 391 36 324 301 896 1,005 788

Others

626 128 838 834 593 341 360 1,101 768 572

Total

5,789

4,920

8,031

6,489

6,665

7,415

8,710

10,240

9,141

10,240

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Local Consumption by Origin and Rice Types

(Unit: 000 tonnes; percentage of share in brackets)


2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
(as at 31
Dec)

Mainland China

See Mew 3.3 3.7 2.9 2.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 7.7 12.2 3.0
Yu Jien 8.8 13.7 13.0 10.5 16.5 13.3 28.0 33.1 28.5 27.3
Others 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.7

Sub-total

12.2
(3.7%)

17.6
(5.7%)

16.3
(5.1%)

13.6
(4.0%)

18.7
(5.9%)

15.6
(4.7%)

30.3
(9.0%)

41.2
(12.9%)

41.5
(12.8%)

31.0
(9.2%)

Thailand

Fragrant 260.0 227.2 203.9 222.5 218.4 235.0 208.2 210.1 186.8 174.3
White 13.0 26.2 60.3 69.5 56.7 49.0 71.0 38.3 19.9 19.3
Others 13.1 11.5 16.1 15.8 16.1 15.0 15.3 13.4 11.8 12.4
Sub-total 286.1
(86.7%)
264.9
(85.9%)
280.3
(88.7%)
307.8
(90.7%)
291.2
(90.9%)
299.0
(90.6%)
294.5
(88.0%)
261.8
(81.9%)
218.5
(67.7%)
206.0
(61.4%)

Australia

Inga 15.4 13.7 8.3 4.1 2.1 3.3 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.4
Calrose 9.3 6.4 6.9 5.3 5.1 4.9 3.4 2.0 1.7 2.2
Others 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.1 0.2
Sub-total 24.9
(7.6%)
20.1
(6.6%)
15.2
(4.8%)
9.4
(2.8%)
7.2
(2.3%)
8.2
(2.5%)
4.9
(1.3%)
2.6
(0.8%)
2.0
(0.6%)
2.8
(0.8%)

Vietnam

0.5
(0.2%)

0.4
(0.1%)

0.8
(0.4%)

1.0
(0.4%)

1.6
(0.4%)

0.4
(0.2%)

1.6
(0.7%)

12.9
(4.0%)

58.0
(18.0%)

93.0
(27.7%)

USA

6.0
(1.8%)

4.8
(1.6%)

2.6
(0.8%)

7.0
(2.1%)

0.8
(0.3%)

0.6
(0.2%)

0.7
(0.2%)

0.4
(0.1%)

0.8
(0.2%)

0.6
(0.2%)

Others

0.2
(small
quantity)

0.4
(0.1%)

0.7
(0.2%)

0.3
(small
quantity)

0.7
(0.2%)

6.1
(1.8%)

2.7
(0.8%)

1.0
(0.3%)

2.2
(0.7%)

2.3
(0.7%)

Total

329.9
(100%)

308.2
(100%)

315.9
(100%)

339.1 
(100%)

320.2
(100%)

329.9
(100%)

 334.7
(100%)

319.9
(100%)

 323.0
(100%)

 335.7
(100%)

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Per Capita Consumption

(Unit: kg)


2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Per capita consumption

49

45

46

49

47

48

48

46

46

47

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Average Rice Import CIF (Cost Insurance Freight) Prices of Selected Rice Types (2002-2011)

(Unit: HK$/kg)


2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008

2009 2010 2011

Thai Fragrant

Jan - Mar 2.61 2.92 4.11 3.68 3.59 4.12 4.78 6.39 7.33 7.82
Apr - Jun 2.69 3.32 4.04 3.73 3.68 4.34 6.33 6.67 7.58 7.57
Jul - Sep 2.89 3.77 3.89 3.62 3.87 4.39 6.78 6.82 7.65 7.77
Oct - Dec 3.17 3.95 3.62 3.62 4.04 4.51 6.44 6.78 7.78 8.92
Annual Average

2.84

3.49

3.92

3.66

3.80

4.34

6.08

6.67

7.59

8.02
Chinese See Mew
Jan - Mar 3.89 3.50 3.91 4.09 4.21 4.09 4.26 5.40 5.64 6.72
Apr - Jun 4.39 3.50 3.74 4.33 4.33 4.01 6.65 5.65 5.58 6.76
Jul - Sep 4.14 3.62 4.29 3.94 4.32 4.22 6.80 5.69 5.47 6.87
Oct - Dec 4.36 3.14 3.65 4.14 4.45 4.29 6.08 5.58 5.97 8.02
Annual Average 4.19 3.44 3.90 4.12 4.33 4.15 5.95 5.58 5.66 7.09
Australian Inga
Jan - Mar 3.45 3.30 3.37 4.62 4.63 4.11 4.64 * 9.80 9.43
Apr - Jun 3.54 3.51 3.52 4.52 4.32 4.54 9.38 * * 8.62
Jul - Sep 3.49 3.42 3.80 4.67 3.70 4.52 9.38 * 8.82 8.00
Oct - Dec 3.83 3.53 4.19 4.63 3.99 4.48 9.33 * * 7.10
Annual Average 3.58 3.44 3.72 4.61 4.16 4.41 8.18 * 9.14 8.07

Note: Import CIF prices are calculated from the information declared by rice stockholders in the import licences. Costs incurred locally before retail sale, such as transportation, storage, packaging, etc. are not included.

* There was no licence application on the type of rice during the period.

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Average Rice Import CIF (Cost Insurance Freight) Prices of Selected Rice Types in the Current Year
                                                                                                                 
(Unit : HK$/kg)

2011

Thai Fragrant Chinese See Mew Australian Inga

Jan

7.80 6.33 *

Feb

7.70 7.15 9.43

Mar

7.95 6.69 *

Apr

7.68 6.67 9.43

May

7.42 6.48 9.43

Jun

7.61 7.12 6.99

Jul

7.80 7.27 8.91

Aug

7.79 6.84 *

Sep

7.72 6.51 7.09

Oct

8.20 8.60 7.09

Nov

8.82 7.70 7.09

Dec

9.74 7.76 7.13

Note: Import CIF prices are calculated from the information declared by rice stockholders in the import licences. Costs incurred locally before retail sale, such as transportation, storage, packaging, etc. are not included.

* There was no licence application on the type of rice during the period.

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Average Retail Prices of Selected Rice Types (2002-2011)

(Unit: HK$/kg)


2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Thai Fragrant

Jan - Mar 7.37 6.54 6.65 6.77 6.33 6.96 7.79 10.48 10.48 10.85
Apr - Jun 7.39 6.62 6.85 6.64 6.44 7.20 9.60 10.41 10.72 11.16
Jul - Sep 7.25 6.70 6.97 6.52 6.59 7.25 10.87 10.31 10.71 11.09
Oct - Dec 6.94 6.72 6.75 6.32 6.90 7.32 10.69 10.23 10.70 11.44
Annual Average

7.24

6.65

6.81

6.56

6.57

7.18

9.74

10.36

10.65

11.14

Chinese See Mew

Jan - Mar 6.85 6.51 6.20 6.28 6.39 6.85 7.68 10.39 10.29 11.13
Apr - Jun 6.72 6.46 6.58 6.39 6.31 6.83 8.88 10.22 10.40 11.46
Jul - Sep 6.99 6.38 6.50 6.52 6.26 6.67 10.29 10.07 10.35 11.54
Oct - Dec 6.76 6.26 6.67 6.44 6.44 6.86 10.42 10.18 10.40 11.62
Annual Average 6.83 6.40 6.49 6.41 6.35 6.80 9.32 10.22 10.36 11.44

Australian Inga

Jan - Mar 7.15 6.56 6.86 7.25 6.49 7.36 8.27 11.00 11.03 10.88
Apr - Jun 7.12 6.76 7.04 7.32 6.34 7.58 10.92 10.82 10.87 10.71
Jul - Sep 6.98 6.77 7.14 7.52 6.50 7.60 12.54 10.68 10.61 10.94
Oct - Dec 6.76 6.84 7.27 7.09 7.06 7.71 12.19 10.68 10.41 12.31
Annual Average 7.00 6.73 7.08 7.29 6.60 7.56 10.98 10.80 10.73 11.21

Note: Retail prices are calculated from information collected from field surveys to supermarkets in Hong Kong.

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Average Retail Prices of Selected Rice Types in the Current Year 

(Unit: HK$/kg)

2011

Thai Fragrant Chinese See Mew Australian Inga

Jan

10.78

11.20 10.59

Feb

10.84

11.41 10.32

Mar

10.94

10.79 11.74

Apr

11.16

11.36 10.25

May

11.13

11.46 10.83

Jun

11.18

11.57 11.04

Jul

11.15

11.64 10.99

Aug

11.12

11.56 11.02

Sep

10.99

11.43 10.80

Oct

11.17

11.52 12.22

Nov

11.50

11.61 12.22

Dec

11.66

11.72 12.49
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Note: Retail prices are calculated from information collected from field surveys to supermarkets in Hong Kong.

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Reserve Stock

(Unit: tonnes)

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Reserve stock

Before 1998

45,000

1998 - 2000 (Jun)

40,000

2000 (Jul - Dec)

27,000

2001

19,000

2002

13,500

2003 (Note)

12,700

2004

13,500

2005

14,200

2006

13,800

2007

13,800

2008

14,400

2009

13,700

2010

13,500

2011 (Jan - Mar)

13,200

2011 (Apr - Jun)

14,600

2011 (Jul - Sep)

13,800

2011 (Oct - Dec)

14,000

Note: From 2003 onwards, reserve stock is maintained at a level sufficient for consumption by the local population for 15 days. The 2003 to 2010 figures are average amounts of the respective year.

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Last revision date: 12 January 2012