Agriculture

Rice producers hope to convince the government that the current increase in prices for this type of cereal will not repeat the situation with the increase in the cost of buckwheat in 2009, when the retail price increased from 30-40 rubles. up to 80-100 rub. for 1 kg. A week ago, in its weekly monitoring, the Ministry of Economy recorded an increase in prices for short-grain rice from 17-17.5 rubles. up to 23-24 rub. for 1 kg in wholesale. According to manufacturers, this is in line with current market dynamics - both in the domestic and global markets. As the Razgulay company explained, in the last two years the price of rice produced in the Russian Federation has fluctuated between 15.5 and 18 rubles. for 1 kg, which barely covered the cost of production. At the end of 2012, production of short-grain rice in the Russian Federation amounted to 1.2 million tons, of which 800 tons were domestic consumption. Another 200 thousand tons of long grain rice are imported. According to forecasts of market participants, taking into account the lack of carryover stocks and rising world prices for rice, the wholesale price for rice in the Russian Federation will increase to 26-27 rubles. for 1 kg.

Svetlana Mentyukova

Technologies

Ecwid merges with Payvment

The Russian developer of stores for social networks Ecwid (at the end of 2011 raised $1.5 million from the venture fund Runa Capital) announced a partnership with its main competitor Payvment. As part of the agreement, Payvment leaves the market, and sellers registered in its system (about 200 thousand on Facebook) move to the Ecwid platform (210 thousand active users). International consulting company Booz & Co estimates that the global social commerce market will reach $30 billion in 2015.

Roman Rozhkov

Rice is driving up the price