The price of un-milled Thai rice, for the 2019-2020 crop year, has increased to between 10,800 and 11,000 baht per tonne, which is the highest in about a decade. The higher price of un-milled rice this year is due to lower production, about 18.8 million tonnes against an original projection of 20.37 million, because of...

Retailers and residents of Dubai are hopefully more enthusiastic about Thai rice following a trade fair last month where it was heavily promoted. The Department of Foreign Trade put on a show of rice and other agricultural goods at Gulfood 2020 in Dubai from February 16-20, hoping to boost sales across the Middle East, director-general...

The Covid-19 situation has led to many countries stocking up on food supplies, boosting orders for Thai rice, Chookiat Ophaswongse, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said. “These importers want our exporters to be ready to deliver 100 per cent of the order quantity immediately,” he said. “Previously, the importers preferred delivery of 50...

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Prapat Potasuthon urged the Rice Department to speed up seed production, aiming to export soft rice to better compete in global markets in the next two years. He said farmers would benefit during the present Covid-19 situation as people are hoarding food, causing rice demand to increase, while the drought...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit and his delegation, who are currently in the US, met on Friday (November 8), with importers of Thai rice for sale in the US to discuss barriers, problems and opportunities for boosting rice exports from Thailand. The Minister met with representatives of 13 major importers including...