webfact Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Thailand surpassed by India in rice 2015 exportsBangkok, 27 January 2016 (NNT) - Thailand was surpassed by India as a rice exporter in 2015 but traders have projected 9 million tons will be sold this year if the global economic downturn and drought crisis can be overcome.Thai Rice Exporters Association Chairman, Pol Lt Charoen Laodhammatas, disclosed that Thailand exported 9.8 million tons of rice in 2015, or 150 trillion baht worth, down 10.8 percent year-on-year. He attributed the downturn to the global economy’s contraction, especially among countries with high rice demand, noting that the falling price of oil also impacted the buying power of such countries.Thailand ended 2015 behind India for rice exports with the South Asian country selling 10.23 million tons of rice. Vietnam was third globally while China remained the number one importer of rice.The association expects Thailand will sell 9 million tons of rice this year, or 144 trillion baht worth. While the figure is close to last year’s, the US farming department has projected the Kingdom will return to its status as the world’s number one exporter.Factors that could impact the sector are the continuing drought situation, which is weighing down production, as well as the global economy, which is depressing buying power.-- NNT 2016-01-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdoglover Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 The projection for 2016 is predicated on some big "ifs". Not a good time to be a rice farmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 The association expects Thailand will sell 9 million tons of rice this year, or 144 trillion baht worth. If only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 The association expects Thailand will sell 9 million tons of rice this year, or 144 trillion baht worth. If only A million, billion, trillion, zillion, it's all the same to these guys. Just fresh plucked numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 if the global economic downturn and drought crisis can be overcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Now I wonder how much of that 9.8 m tonnes is from the last two seasons and what from previous years. Still 13 to 14m in stock I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Now I wonder how much of that 9.8 m tonnes is from the last two seasons and what from previous years. Still 13 to 14m in stock I think. Rubi, you think too much for your age. Let it go. Corruption, subsidies, populist policies etc never went away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 ...and no plastic in sight so far..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Would very much like to ask the burning question What % of this grandiose figure actually gets back to the farmer? It's gone awfully quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Now I wonder how much of that 9.8 m tonnes is from the last two seasons and what from previous years. Still 13 to 14m in stock I think. Rubi, you think too much for your age. Let it go. Corruption, subsidies, populist policies etc never went away. My question had nothing to do with corruption. I'm just wondering how much of the export of rice in a year consists of the current year's crop normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Thailand will sell 9 million tons of rice this year, down from 10 million last year. The reduction for 2016 may be the results of a new plan by the government to cut total rice production to 25 million tons of the normal output of between 31-32 tons to correspond with the areas affected by the drought and anticipated consumption demand. (2016-01-08) The reasoning may be that with lower supply and higher demand, rice prices will increase. But obviously India and Vietnam are not playing that game. And in fact neither is Thailand who just negotiated a surprise announcement of an unplanned sale of 999,000 tons (not to be confused with 1 million) of rice to Iran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 They need a new calculator i think. 9,000,000 tons at say 15,000 baht a ton = 135,000,000,000 baht. In world mathematics that would be 135 billion baht. But whats a factor of 1000 between friends? Or maybe a thai trillion is different? Always found maths not a strong point in Thailand..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thailand will sell 9 million tons of rice this year, down from 10 million last year. The reduction for 2016 may be the results of a new plan by the government to cut total rice production to 25 million tons of the normal output of between 31-32 tons to correspond with the areas affected by the drought and anticipated consumption demand. (2016-01-08) The reasoning may be that with lower supply and higher demand, rice prices will increase. But obviously India and Vietnam are not playing that game. And in fact neither is Thailand who just negotiated a surprise announcement of an unplanned sale of 999,000 tons (not to be confused with 1 million) of rice to Iran. The reasoning may be "to correspond with the areas affected by the drought and anticipated consumption demand" or more clear the reasoning for a suggested decrease of production of rice is mainly in the drought which is having a toll on Thailand and the need to preserve water for human consumption as well. No need to get into games. BTW the 'normal' output did increase since 2011 as the then government supported quantity and games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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