MARKET PRICE in Japan   

by Rice Databank co.,ltd.

- updated Sep.3.2008 -


These are market price among wholesalers. (husked rice basis. yen per 1 kg)

Domestic rice (Free market rice. Inspected)

2007's crop

growing area variety price
Hokkaido Kirara 237
Miyagi Hitome 282
Akita Komachi 288
Ibaraki Koshi 260
Niigata Koshi 325

imported rice  

          (milled rice) 

Chinese Japonica 
2007's crop
235

reference
GOVERNMENT PRICE (to wholesalers) 

domestic rice(1997's crop) 

    202  (same price for all varieties)

 
imported rice (imported April 2003 to May 2004)

Californian mid length    (milled)  218
Australian mid length     (milled) 227
Chinese Japonica         (brown rice) 199
Thailand's Milled Rice(milled"A1 super") 165

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