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Asian rice exporters grapple with packaging material shortage, rising costs

sanctions_shadow_enforcement UTC: 2026-03-20 11:00:37

A shortage of polypropylene raffia packaging material stemming from the Middle East war has disrupted Asia’s rice supply chain and increased bag costs, sources said this week. Market participants in the upstream PP segment said the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has halted...

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