Rice exports this year will meet target

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Thailand has so far exported over nine million tons of rice this year.

 

Director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade Mrs Duangporn Rodphaya revealed that since the beginning of this year Thailand has exported 9.3 million tons of rice valued at US$4.173 billion.

 

She said this represented a 2% increase from the previous year, while voicing expectations that total exports of rice for the year will be able to meet the 9.5 million tons projection.

 

According to the department, Jasmine rice exports alone have increased from 1.5 million tons to 2 million tons which has been helped in no small degree by the competitive price of Thai jasmine rice in the global market.

 

The department expects that the situation will continue to gradually improve in the coming months.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/rice-exports-year-will-meet-target/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-12-20

Really

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The department expects that the situation will continue to gradually improve in the coming months.

Bravo my fortune teller just told me the exact same thing. 

10 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Bravo my fortune teller just told me the exact same thing. 

But are they selling rice from 2013 still ?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

total exports of rice for the year will be able to meet the 9.5 million tons projection.

This means India will be #1 in rice exports for 2016.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-rice-idUSKBN1480S1

Wasn't Prayut concerned about Thailand losing face for not being #1 last year, blaming that on Yingluck?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

while voicing expectations that total exports of rice for the year will be able to meet the 9.5 million tons projection.

 

Except that earlier this December, Commerce Minister Apiradee Tantraporn said Thailand's rice exports this year would reach 10.5 million tons. So rice exports fell very short of target and is a fail.

 

1 hour ago, bark said:

But are they selling rice from 2013 still ?

Thailand still has stocks of about 8 million tons left over from Yingluck's rice-buying scheme.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-rice-idUSKBN1480S1

 

1 minute ago, Srikcir said:

Thailand still has stocks of about 8 million tons left over from Yingluck's rice-buying scheme.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-rice-idUSKBN1480S1

 

thank you.

Tonight I will eat French Fries.

Cheers