Located in Asia, Vietnam is the third largest rice exporter in the world. It ranks behind India and Thailand in the global rice trade and exports bulk rice to the world every year.

Bangladesh imports most of its sugar and soybean oil for its domestic requirements due to low domestic production of both the commodities and in a recent move, the prices of both the commodities have been slashed by the domestic refiners.

India- the largest rice exporter, banned exports of non-basmati white rice, a move that took global rice market by surprise, with a view to stabilize domestic rice prices in the country.

India is the largest producer, consumer, and exporter of spices in the world, and over the years, the domestic production of different spices have increased significantly.