Thai Rice Exporters’ Association
Thai jasmine rice variety named best in the world
The World Rice Conference at its annual meeting in Macau on November 8 declared Thailand's fragrant Hom Mali variety the world's best rice, maintaining...
Myanmar, Cambodia seek investors to build up rice export industry
Two Southeast Asian countries not particularly known for large agricultural exports, Myanmar and Cambodia, have both declared that they want to participate in the...
Global markets wait for cheap Thai rice
Rice traders on the world market have temporarily paused dealing to wait for the Thai government to sell its stockpile cheap to repay a...
Vietnam’s rice export drops 17%
Vietnam exported about 6.3 million tonnes of rice during the January 1 - December 19, 2013 period, down about 17 per cent from the...
No buyers for Thai rice stockpiles
Global rice buyers remain reluctant to purchase Thai rice even though prices have fallen drastically and are now on par with Vietnamese grain, the...
Thailand’s rice stockpiles at record height
Rice stockpiles in Thailand, once the world's biggest exporter, are expanding to a record amount as the government pledging scheme has spurred farmers to...
Rice mountain growing in Thailand
Thailand as of late has been desperately trying to reduce its piling rice mountain by selling off stockpiles in international tenders, but the results...
Thai rice fiasco: More problems on the horizon
The Thai rice thriller gets an extension: The newly established cabinet of Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on July 1, one day after it...
Losses from Thai rice scheme could reach $22b
The populist rice pledging scheme in Thailand that granted each farmer a fixed price of 15,000 baht ($484) per tonne could lead to a...
Thailand cuts rice subsidies
The Thai government under much criticism agreed on June 19 to cut the fixed price for its rice subsidy scheme from 15,000 to 12,000...
Thailand wants rice top spot back
Thailand, having lost its position as number one rice exporter of the world in 2012 due to unfavourable government subsidy policies, is reclaiming the...
Southeast Asian rice pact in limbo
Thailand's push to reach a rice pact with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam faces headwinds as it remains unclear how the countries can reach...
Rice prices surge on supply drop
Asian rice prices are on the rise due to lower supply from major exporting countries Thailand, India and Vietnam and large stock purchases by...
Race for top rice exporter set off
Thailand's 30-year reign as the world's top rice exporter could come to an end very soon as Vietnam and India threathen the Kingdom in...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...