SANTO DOMINGO. - Dominican Republic consolidates its status as a rice exporter, supplying 80,000 metric tons to the international market this year, and hailed by entities abroad including the US Department of Agriculture.
The USDOA’s latest report on February said rice imports fell and the country has become self-sufficient in the grain’s production.
In its most recent meeting the National Rice Commission (CONA) authorized the export of 40,000 metric tons of rice, in addition to the 40,000 recently sent abroad.
With CONA’s measure the country would export 80,000 tons of rice in 2012, and caps record crops during the last seven years. It also approved to expand the rice reserve to 4,000 metric tons.
Written by: josean, 1 May 2012 2:24 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
How much Rice does the METRO produce?
Written by: xwill7, 1 May 2012 2:40 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Metro produces cold AC for you included in your ticket price
Written by: bernies, 1 May 2012 3:48 PM
From: United States, key west fl
Josean, haven't you have anything positive to say about this country, those exporters are not government employees, they are private sector including many PRD party members. You generalise everything. What is wrong with you, next thing we know is that you will be supporting General Candelier Idea of Romper a cualquiera si no ganan. Bunch low life criminals.
Written by: josean, 1 May 2012 3:51 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"Romper"
As in Romper Room?
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
Wonderful news and quite expected when you can see that the rice industry has been modernised here .. My neighbour who sells machinary to the primary producers has been doing very well over the past 3 years and the growers have benefitted from the loans they took out at cheap interest rates from the government and which Mejia has told to dishonour
Written by: bernies, 1 May 2012 4:21 PM
From: United States, key west fl
No Josean, Candelier say romper as an killing or fisically hurting someone pretty bad. That is the translation to Romper in English. in other words wack somebody
Written by: josean, 1 May 2012 4:22 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"machinary"
Is that some new type of equipment!
Written by: RoyStone, 1 May 2012 4:24 PM
From: Australia
josean,
So far as I know, the Metro does not produce any rice, and was not constructed for that purpose. According the the article, the country is now self-sufficient in rice, which is an important achievement, given that rice is a staple food for Dominicans.
However the country is a long way from having adequate, safe and reliable public transport, so investing in the Metro is a good idea, I would have thought.
Written by: RoyStone, 1 May 2012 4:27 PM
From: Australia
Ricky,
I'm all in favor or mechanization, and according to the photo, your neighbor still has some potential new customers.
Written by: josean, 1 May 2012 4:29 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"the country"
Roy as far as I know a few neighborhoods covered by the Magic METRO in "Ciudad Fernandez" doesn’t a count as a country!
Written by: josean, 1 May 2012 4:35 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
If we have this “super bountiful harvest” of rice why haven't the Dominican consumers seen a significantly proportional reduction in price?
Written by: juanb, 1 May 2012 5:22 PM
From: Dominican Republic
What do the more than 5000 criminals deported last year say about us?
We export more crime than anything else.
From: United States
i would like to know just who is buying this rice. here is a piece of corrrespondence that i received from a consortium in Jamaica, which had some interest in buying a large quantiry, and for whom i got some quotations.........
We may have a slight problem here. The good quality rice sold at say Pricesmart in Kingston is sold retail at J$40.00 per pound. Your rice would work out at J$40.47 FOB Dom Rep. Add shipping, handling at port, transportation, storage, wholesaler's profit and retailer's profit and of course our commission and we are in some serious shit.
In doing some research, Thai long grained rice is being sold for J$22.90 per lb, the USDA world market prices for long grain rice is the equivalent of J$27.88 so rice at J$40.47 for export would be a challenging price.
Let me know what you think
that was a letter to me from the prospective buyer. so, i would love to know who is buying this stuff.
Written by: RoyStone, 1 May 2012 7:56 PM
From: Australia
After reading your earlier post, Dready, regarding FOB pricing of rice I was wondering the same thing.
Written by: RoyStone, 1 May 2012 8:02 PM
From: Australia
josean,
I don't know of any public transport system anywhere in the world, that serves an entire county. It is done with a combination of systems, and the Santo Domingo Metro is a good start. For reasons I have outlined earlier, I believe an underground rail network is entirely appropriate for this capital. Maybe if it were not a PLD initiative you would see it differently?
Written by: derek, 1 May 2012 8:53 PM
From: Dominican Republic
lovely to see a few others laying into Josean and his totally negative , non-constructive, often totally off subject remarks......... Keep up the good work. These forums are intended for pro-active, constructive, factual discussions. Not ridiculous, abusive, off subject comments.
Written by: josean, 1 May 2012 9:05 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Too bad you have nothing to offer either positive or critical other than cheerleading for Lie-onel or the Purple Clapping Seals here at DT!
Written by: josean, 1 May 2012 9:10 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Roy,
This issue is tiiming and the Priority which the Magic Choo Choo Train fails on both accounts.
EDUCATION is the priority, PERIOD the rest are just Farts at the MOON!
Written by: RoyStone, 1 May 2012 9:46 PM
From: Australia
derek,
I hope you are not including me in the group "laying into" Josean. I disagree with him totally about the Metro, but I don't have to live here, so I'm just throwing in my 2-bobs worth. I do wish he could overcome his tunnel-vision on this (no pun intended) since he is generally well researched and has a lot to offer in general.
Written by: jhcl2012, 1 May 2012 11:09 PM
From: United States, PA - Mas pa'lante, ¡Manos a la obra!
Solo con el PLD progresa el país! Hipolito tuvo la oportunidad de desarrollar la industria arrocera, pero mejor opto con PEGARLE FUEGO. Luego los negocios de su familia pudieron importar mas pa' mo' money, mo'money $$$.
Por eso ya perdieron..... Gracias Dios, tenemos a Leonel!
ASISA: Danilo 53.9 Hipólito 41.9 (3 Mayo 2012)
asisaresearch.com/app/en/frontpage.aspx
youtube.com/watch?v=w11x7NtdTW4&feature=youtu.be
HAMILTON: Danilo 51 Hipólito 44
youtube.com/watch?v=MSdQT2jXi5s
diariolibre.com/elecciones2012/2012/04/30/i334161_politica-encuesta-hamilton-danilo-hipolito.html
RESULTADOS - MAYO 20 DEL 2012
Danilo Medina PLD 55.9
Hipolito Mejía PRD 37.7
;-)
**** EL CAMBIO SEGURO ****
DANILO PRESIDENTE 2012-2016
Written by: josean, 2 May 2012 12:14 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Da-Ni-Lo Piense Ser Presidente
****PA' NAJAYO SEGURO****
DANILO RESIDENTE 2012-2042
From: United States, Orange County, California
That is good to hear. I believe the DR can do even better in agriculture. The prices of food is increasing and many countries cannot produce enough to supply their growing populations. The DR can create more jobs by creating a path to growth and export difference types of produce. Not just rice.
Written by: josean, 2 May 2012 12:33 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Another PLD Screw Up!
Business does not want more FTAs
"The huge US$3.19 billion trade deficit with the US through DR-CAFTA has apparently deterred Dominican business from supporting similar agreements with Canada, Mexico and Haiti, according to Diario Libre.
This opinion is also echoed in the Tuesday, 1 May edition of Hoy newspaper.
Diario Libre quotes the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Manuel Garcia Arevalo, as saying that 78% of the deficit is from products that are not made in the Dominican Republic: oil, machinery, vehicles, cereals and plastic parts. Despite the fact that these imports did not have a negative effect on Dominican production, the business community does not seem anxious to conclude similar free trade agreements with Mexico, Canada or Haiti. In 2011, only Costa Rica and Nicaragua had positive trade balances with the United States under the CAFTA agreement."
Gee, I wonder if Costa Rica and Nicaragua have METROS?
Continued:
Written by: josean, 2 May 2012 12:48 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Ligia Bonetti, the president of the Industrial Association of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) told reporters that she does not understand why people with ties to the government are trying to continue signing these sorts of agreements without any changes in the internal conditions.
These conditions make Dominican industrial output uncompetitive on international markets.
DR1
Written by: Atabey, 2 May 2012 8:05 AM
From: United States, NYC
"Gee, I wonder if Costa Rica and Nicaragua have METROS?" -Josean
Written by: RoyStone, 1 May 2012 9:46 PM
From: Australia
derek,
"I hope you are not including me in the group "laying into" Josean. I disagree with him totally about the Metro, but I don't have to live here, so I'm just throwing in my 2-bobs worth. I do wish he could overcome his tunnel-vision on this (no pun intended) since he is generally well researched and has a lot to offer in general."
"He is generally" is perhaps too loose of a term to use regarding Josean, Roy. Has Josean any idea about the topography of say San Jose, Costa Rica?
Written by: RonEvane 
, 2 May 2012 10:15 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"i would like to know just who is buying this rice.We may have a slight problem here. The good quality rice sold at say Pricesmart in Kingston is sold retail at J$40.00 per pound. Your rice would work out at J$40.47 FOB Dom Rep."
Dread, I'm also curious to know who's buying DR rice, that they can get cheaper from the source used by Pricesmart in Kingston!?....Not a rhetorical question.
Do you know who else sells rice, cheaper than DR, in the Americas?
From: United States
Agriculture is essential, This is great news.
From: United States, I dont even live inside a house , I haunt one!
exporting more is the way to go , good for dominicans por fin pegan una , if only they could be has consistent has costa rica , or singapore
Written by: josean, 3 May 2012 3:38 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
helly,
It would be good, IF it were TRUE!
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How much Rice does the METRO produce?
"Romper"
As in Romper Room?
"machinary"
Is that some new type of equipment!
So far as I know, the Metro does not produce any rice, and was not constructed for that purpose. According the the article, the country is now self-sufficient in rice, which is an important achievement, given that rice is a staple food for Dominicans.
However the country is a long way from having adequate, safe and reliable public transport, so investing in the Metro is a good idea, I would have thought.
I'm all in favor or mechanization, and according to the photo, your neighbor still has some potential new customers.
"the country"
Roy as far as I know a few neighborhoods covered by the Magic METRO in "Ciudad Fernandez" doesn’t a count as a country!
If we have this “super bountiful harvest” of rice why haven't the Dominican consumers seen a significantly proportional reduction in price?
What do the more than 5000 criminals deported last year say about us?
We export more crime than anything else.
We may have a slight problem here. The good quality rice sold at say Pricesmart in Kingston is sold retail at J$40.00 per pound. Your rice would work out at J$40.47 FOB Dom Rep. Add shipping, handling at port, transportation, storage, wholesaler's profit and retailer's profit and of course our commission and we are in some serious shit.
In doing some research, Thai long grained rice is being sold for J$22.90 per lb, the USDA world market prices for long grain rice is the equivalent of J$27.88 so rice at J$40.47 for export would be a challenging price.
Let me know what you think
that was a letter to me from the prospective buyer. so, i would love to know who is buying this stuff.
I don't know of any public transport system anywhere in the world, that serves an entire county. It is done with a combination of systems, and the Santo Domingo Metro is a good start. For reasons I have outlined earlier, I believe an underground rail network is entirely appropriate for this capital. Maybe if it were not a PLD initiative you would see it differently?
Too bad you have nothing to offer either positive or critical other than cheerleading for Lie-onel or the Purple Clapping Seals here at DT!
Roy,
This issue is tiiming and the Priority which the Magic Choo Choo Train fails on both accounts.
EDUCATION is the priority, PERIOD the rest are just Farts at the MOON!
I hope you are not including me in the group "laying into" Josean. I disagree with him totally about the Metro, but I don't have to live here, so I'm just throwing in my 2-bobs worth. I do wish he could overcome his tunnel-vision on this (no pun intended) since he is generally well researched and has a lot to offer in general.
Por eso ya perdieron..... Gracias Dios, tenemos a Leonel!
ASISA: Danilo 53.9 Hipólito 41.9 (3 Mayo 2012)
asisaresearch.com/app/en/frontpage.aspx
youtube.com/watch?v=w11x7NtdTW4&feature=youtu.be
HAMILTON: Danilo 51 Hipólito 44
youtube.com/watch?v=MSdQT2jXi5s
diariolibre.com/elecciones2012/2012/04/30/i334161_politica-encuesta-hamilton-danilo-hipolito.html
RESULTADOS - MAYO 20 DEL 2012
Danilo Medina PLD 55.9
Hipolito Mejía PRD 37.7
;-)
**** EL CAMBIO SEGURO ****
DANILO PRESIDENTE 2012-2016
Da-Ni-Lo Piense Ser Presidente
****PA' NAJAYO SEGURO****
DANILO RESIDENTE 2012-2042
Another PLD Screw Up!
Business does not want more FTAs
"The huge US$3.19 billion trade deficit with the US through DR-CAFTA has apparently deterred Dominican business from supporting similar agreements with Canada, Mexico and Haiti, according to Diario Libre.
This opinion is also echoed in the Tuesday, 1 May edition of Hoy newspaper.
Diario Libre quotes the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Manuel Garcia Arevalo, as saying that 78% of the deficit is from products that are not made in the Dominican Republic: oil, machinery, vehicles, cereals and plastic parts. Despite the fact that these imports did not have a negative effect on Dominican production, the business community does not seem anxious to conclude similar free trade agreements with Mexico, Canada or Haiti. In 2011, only Costa Rica and Nicaragua had positive trade balances with the United States under the CAFTA agreement."
Gee, I wonder if Costa Rica and Nicaragua have METROS?
Continued:
Ligia Bonetti, the president of the Industrial Association of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) told reporters that she does not understand why people with ties to the government are trying to continue signing these sorts of agreements without any changes in the internal conditions.
These conditions make Dominican industrial output uncompetitive on international markets.
DR1
Written by: RoyStone, 1 May 2012 9:46 PM
From: Australia
derek,
"I hope you are not including me in the group "laying into" Josean. I disagree with him totally about the Metro, but I don't have to live here, so I'm just throwing in my 2-bobs worth. I do wish he could overcome his tunnel-vision on this (no pun intended) since he is generally well researched and has a lot to offer in general."
"He is generally" is perhaps too loose of a term to use regarding Josean, Roy. Has Josean any idea about the topography of say San Jose, Costa Rica?
"i would like to know just who is buying this rice.We may have a slight problem here. The good quality rice sold at say Pricesmart in Kingston is sold retail at J$40.00 per pound. Your rice would work out at J$40.47 FOB Dom Rep."
Dread, I'm also curious to know who's buying DR rice, that they can get cheaper from the source used by Pricesmart in Kingston!?....Not a rhetorical question.
Do you know who else sells rice, cheaper than DR, in the Americas?
helly,
It would be good, IF it were TRUE!