China emerging as major threat to Thai rice exports

[Mung]

1 hour ago, Aussie Col said:

Thailands rice exports have been decreasing year on year for a few years now due to the strong Baht and the poor quality of the rice compared to other rice growing countries.

I'm not sure if China buys any rice from Thailand, but if it does that obviously is going to be reduced in future years. Again i say Thailand is up the creek without a paddle.

China is very good at making and selling plastic rice

[Bkk Brian]

14 minutes ago, Mung said:

China is very good at making and selling plastic rice

Its not bad at yield per hectare either:

 

China : 6.5 tons

Vietnam : 5.4 tons

Philippines : 3.8

Thailand: 2.8 tons

 

If Thailand wants to compete long term it needs to improve its farming methods

[ericthai]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

You can buy a 25 pound sack of Thai Jasmine rice in Costco in the US fpr $15.49 or approximately 500 Baht.  Thailand exports a lot of rice to the US, while the US grown rice goes to Japan as it is mainly sushi grade.  Most of the US grown rice is grown in the Sacramento Valley of California.  The same fields where rice is grown are used as Duck Blinds during the Duck hunting season.  Lived and hunted in the Sacramento region for over 30 years.

Actually  Arkansas is the biggest producer of rice in the usa.  Top export market is Mexico then Japan and Haiti.

[holy cow cm]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its not bad at yield per hectare either:

 

China : 6.5 tons

Vietnam : 5.4 tons

Philippines : 3.8

Thailand: 2.8 tons

 

If Thailand wants to compete long term it needs to improve its farming methods

Lord only knows what chemicals and genetic mutations to the rice China has done. 

[ExpatOilWorker]

Chinese rice is also heavier..

 

Soil in China’s leading rice-producing region shows high levels of heavy metal contamination, in a study [by Greenpeace East Asia] that suggests that the proximity of mining and industry to agricultural areas is posing serious threats to the country’s food chain...[R]esearchers found soil containing cadmium levels more than 200 times the national health standard, adding to a growing body of evidence that parts of the country’s soil are heavily degraded after decades of fast industrialization and high economic growth...“Cadmium rice” is a well-known term in China since a...Guangdong Province government report that 44 percent of rice samples had excessive levels of cadmium attracted attention.

 

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/china-greenpeace-study-shows-agricultural-areas-are-contaminated-by-nearby-mining-industry-containing-heavy-metal-levels-of-200-times-above-national-health-standard

[rickudon]

China has the Mekong water for irrigation and a million  Uighur slave labourers to grow it. Maybe not this season, but soon ........

[Oliver Holzerfilled]

57 minutes ago, rickudon said:

China has the Mekong water for irrigation and a million  Uighur slave labourers to grow it. Maybe not this season, but soon ........

It's possible the Uyghurs are currently occupied serving as guinea pigs for various coronavirus treatments and vaccines.  They'll need to use Falun Gong followers as laborers.

[daveAustin]

11 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Thailand has seasonal flooding, and is surrounded by the sea.

Really? When did Burma, Laos and Cambodia disappear then? 

But yes, while dams are in the north, the centre could do with a store of water. Massive massive project and injection of cash, but.

 

There it is again: China and major threat in the same sentence.

[CGW]

16 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Will not be a problem as Thailand will be unable to grow rice with no water. Water China has damned up...

Sensationalist nonsense! what percentage of Thai rice relies on water from China?

[Soikhaonoiken]

Your friends in China... stabbing you in the back Thailand, 

You put all your eggs in one basket with Chinese tourists, and again you never moved with the times on rice exports, then you wonder why the Thai economy is shrinking.... 

[Damrongsak]

12 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

How about a sub base as well

No, the CCP has to wait until the Thai subs are delivered and they make a base for them.  Then if they don't pay on time, the CCP will assume ownership of the subs and the base.  And a couple years of free shrimp buffets, with mango and coconut/sticky rice dessert.

[tso310]

Cambodian rice has been in the UK for a couple of years now. Always cheaper than Thai and the quality seems comparable.

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

He added that Thailand's competitors have spent far higher than Thailand on rice research and development to improve quality and strains to make their rice fit well with market demand.

Look and learn..... 

[ExpatOilWorker]

7 hours ago, ericthai said:

Actually  Arkansas is the biggest producer of rice in the usa.  Top export market is Mexico then Japan and Haiti.

The better watch out the wrong seeds does not get mixed in.

 

Americans Receive Mystery Seeds in the Mail, Mostly From China https://www.wsj.com/articles/agriculture-department-states-investigate-foreign-seed-packages-11595901682

[Isaan sailor]

15 hours ago, digger70 said:

High time for Thai farmers to start growing different Crops . Rice going down the Tubes same as Rubber & Their Fruit Mango ,Pine apple, Durian ,& soon Other fruit .  

The problem is that when the price is Good Every farmer wants to  make the Big Money  and starts Growing More and than the country gets a Over supply & there you go the price Drops and they start Crying and want a government Hand out. 

Don't get me wrong this isn't only in Thailand. I've seen it in Other countries ass well. 

First in the Netherlands and in later years in Australia.

 

Sure, growing high value fruits and vegetables would bring higher profits.  The problem though, comes from the feudal village farming community.  As long as farmers live in a clustered village—they cannot watch over their high value crops 24/7.  Bad guys with a pick up truck can pick your harvest one night while you sleep in the village.

Nobody steals rice from the paddy.

[rken2]

Not this year China is under water, grain crops reduced by 40 percent. They will be lucky if they can feed themselves

[Aussie Col]

18 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its not bad at yield per hectare either:

 

China : 6.5 tons

Vietnam : 5.4 tons

Philippines : 3.8

Thailand: 2.8 tons

 

If Thailand wants to compete long term it needs to improve its farming methods

and improve the quality of the rice and reduce the value of the Baht.

[Iron Tongue]

21 hours ago, tso310 said:

Cambodian rice has been in the UK for a couple of years now. Always cheaper than Thai and the quality seems comparable.

Cambodia was the top rice producer in SE Asia before the wars & Khmer Rouge destroyed their country.  They'll eventually get back to being a major rice producer while Thailand will still be complaining about something or other.