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The UK is currently imposing an import tariff of 17.4% on Jasmin rice. However, under UKVFTA, the Vietnamese high-quality fragrant rice entering the UK market is exempt from the tariff which will help it gain competitive benefit overs ones from Thailand.

Vietnamese Trade Counsellor in the UK Nguyen Canh Cuong forecasts that thanks to UKVFTA, the export of Vietnamese high-quality fragrant rice to the UK market in 2021 will increase by a dozen times compared to 2020.

The top-quality fragrant rice, imported by the Long Dan Limited Company in the UK from the Vietnam National Seed Group (Vinaseed) has hit the shelves at Long Dan supermarket chain at the retail price of £15.5/ 10 kg (VND 465,000/ 10kg).

Cuong added that Long Dan is the first importer and in the time to come, more enterprises are expected to purchase Vietnamese rice under UKVFTA. He expressed his belief that Vietnamese rice will expand its market share in the UK in 2021.

In 2019, the UK was the largest ninth rice importer in the world with more than 671,000 tons of rice, worth US$531 million. Vietnam exported nearly 1,719 tons, totaling US$1,296 million. The average price was 754 USD/ ton CIF UK port. The market share of Vietnamese rice in the UK only occupied about 0.24% of the UK’s total rice import. The leading rice exporters to the UK included India (22% market share), Pakistan (18%), Spain (11%), Italy (10.9%), and Thailand (9.2%).

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