Rice Business

[meniazijee]

Dear Members
Assalamu Alaikum

Some days back i visited my native land at Mianwali after approximate 15yrs and i amazed to c the cultivation of rice in the Nahri areas and people were enjoying its handsome returns. so i also decided to enter and enjoy(H). for this purpose i contacted the growers and got the cost estimations and quality in the town.

now at khi first of all i havent sample because its was early enough to have them and before i take further steps i must know the quality and age of the rice just by looking and taste and that is very difficult. pepole at khi are not ready to share their trade secrets and just want to buy rice at very low rates and also at long credits and discouraging me to enter:(.

my objective is to supply directly from grower to Retailer/whole sellers, bypassing all the others:D

so finally i thought that maybe some guru may be here. and i request to help me. THANKS

[fazalwahab11375]

send it to United States/ Canada..

[jaggi]

@fazal bhai, any certification required from Pakistan???? and how to sell them in USA/Canada ?

[meniazijee]

send it to United States/ Canada..

Fazal Bhai phalay Khi main to koi lay lay.

the quality of the rice is very good and my strategic plan is to export it BUT i will be facing a tough time to enter. so wish me all the best:)

[Jamshed_Bond]

@fazal bhai, any certification required from Pakistan???? and how to sell them in USA/Canada ?

If I'm not wrong, all food/drugs sold commercially need approval from FDA. Canada is less strict. Maybe that's why you find more pakistani mangoes in canada than in USA...because of the strict regulations. USA is bad place for most businesses, everything is monopolized and legally. The monopolies are protected by law. Corporate theft is just good business there.

[fazalwahab11375]

If I'm not wrong, all food/drugs sold commercially need approval from FDA. Canada is less strict. Maybe that's why you find more pakistani mangoes in canada than in USA...because of the strict regulations. USA is bad place for most businesses, everything is monopolized and legally. The monopolies are protected by law. Corporate theft is just good business there.

Zebra basmati is sold here, comes from Pakistan. Go in my ramadan thread , i posted pictures for that. The restriction is more on fruits and fresh products. We get all dry fruits as well as shan masala even all ahmed products. You need to follow the import export procedure and ready to go.

[hash4u]

my cousin(in canada) and his uncle isb
did some working on the rice thingy.sent samples even. did not work out.
dont know much details buts its not easy
(in short they dont trust pakistani's and avoid dealing with us)

Pakistan has a population of 20crore and growing
target pk first

[warewolf1]

Bypassing everyone between the grower and retailer is very difficult but can be done.

As far as export requirements are concerned, in Pakistan, u need local chamber of commerce membership, REAP (rice exporters association of Pakistan) membership, ur brand registration, lots of links and knowhow.

Btw which rice are u trying to sell? White, parboiled or brown? Which variety? And how much are you willing to invest?

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[sulemanmirza]

Desi shop owners doesn't want to buy anything from someone, even I offered them that I can offer Mehran or Shan Masala for as low as 50c per packet..!! but they say they get it more cheap than this ..!!!

[supraman2jz]

You know what, I have some family in the rice business, a word of caution; Do not bypass the middlemen. If you wish to earn good, involve the middle men as they know all the Ins and Outs of the business, have yarian dostian everywhere. Do not exclude the middle men!

[levin]

There are food stocks in rural areas, untouched by price hiked faced in cities. Lots of people in Pakistan eat cheaper food while population in cities is screaming for money to buy food. you can float your product in cities at your lowered price.

[fazalwahab11375]

$14.99 for this type.

[warewolf1]

$14.99 for 10Lbs?

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[fazalwahab11375]

$14.99 for this type.

For 9 kg bag which is visible.

[warewolf1]

Not bad... considering the prices of top quality white rice here in Pakistan

[pyromaniac]

Forget about exporting if you dont have your own Rice Mill or a very fertile agricultural land suitable for high quality rice growth. It's very difficult to enter into this area as a lot of big players are already present in this market. Arab Sheikhs have invested huge sums of money in areas having good quality rice growing fields.

[warewolf1]

absolutely right... one of the latest and greatest name is Engro... they procure paddy directly from farmers and export rice. they have a HUGE unit which can produce 3200 bags (100kg each) of parboiled rice daily.

[meniazijee]

Bypassing everyone between the grower and retailer is very difficult but can be done.

As far as export requirements are concerned, in Pakistan, u need local chamber of commerce membership, REAP (rice exporters association of Pakistan) membership, ur brand registration, lots of links and knowhow.

Btw which rice are u trying to sell? White, parboiled or brown? Which variety? And how much are you willing to invest?

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Yes its much difficult to bypass everyone but it will also reward i think so.

at a moment i would like to get knowhow about the qualities, consumption quantities based on different cities etc and export is far away

in my village people grow basmati, karnal and super india so initially i m planning to buy 100 bags after paddy cleaning they may yield to 55 to 60 bags (not sure) and all of this may involve the investment of near to 500k.

[warewolf1]

Technically speaking Basmati is any variety that cooks and gives aroma. Cooking means it's length will increase during boiling. If a variety's length does not increase, we'll say that it's an inferior variety and doesn't cook.

So you will buy 100 bags of super basmati paddy. If each thela weighs 60kg then u should have about 80 bags (50kg each) of final milled rice.

Next question is... what do u intend to do with it? Store it or supply it to shops without aging it?

P.S we are talking about white rice na? Urdu main usay kacha chaawal ya kachi basmati boltay hain.

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[meniazijee]

Technically speaking Basmati is any variety that cooks and gives aroma. Cooking means it's length will increase during boiling. If a variety's length does not increase, we'll say that it's an inferior variety and doesn't cook.

So you will buy 100 bags of super basmati paddy. If each thela weighs 60kg then u should have about 80 bags (50kg each) of final milled rice.

Next question is... what do u intend to do with it? Store it or supply it to shops without aging it?

P.S we are talking about white rice na? Urdu main usay kacha chaawal ya kachi basmati boltay hain.

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yes i m talking about the white one the final outcome.

each thela contains 50kgs of paddy and that may reduce to 40kgs.

Now which one may be favorable?
storing it or
supply it as soon as it cleaned

storing it may block funds and supplying soon may reduce profit margin