Every day, new foods are added to the list of shortage products. And it is soon a well-known starch that should disappear from supermarket shelves.
These last months, there are more and more shortages and continue to disrupt the daily lives of the French. If the lack of gasoline is currently the primary subject of concern in France, the question of the depletion of supplies of certain foods continues to worry consumers. And for good reason, they are often essential productscommonly used daily in homeswhich are most lacking on supermarket shelves.
After mustard, sunflower oil, frozen foods or even mineral water, it is the turn of another star food on our plates to be threatened with shortage. And it’s about one of the favorite starches of the French: rice. Indeed, as reported by the magazine Capitalthis Thursday, October 13, the Syndicat de la rizerie française (SRF), which brings together French industrialists manufacturing rice-based products, warned that a out of stock as well as a possible price increase could be expected in France in the weeks and months to come. This concerns basmati rice, risotto rice and parboiled rice.
Why such a shortage?
According to our colleagues, rice could be lacking in France, in particular because of the very bad climatic conditions in India and Pakistan, two essential rice producers. Both countries have indeed been recently hit by strong heat waves, followed by heavy rains. As a result, 10% of the surface of the two states were flooded. In total, these are almost 250,000 tons of rice who have been lost.
In addition to this, the war in ukraine and the tax hike and production costs also had significant impacts. India, the source of 40% of world trade, has in fact implemented a 20% tax on the export of rice. In recent months, the price of energy, raw materials and plastic and paper packaging have also risen sharply. What to predict a supply disruption and an soaring rice prices.