(Bangkok Post file photo)Almost 300 buyers from 41 countries have been brought together with sellers of Thai rice and cassava, and their processed products, at a four-day meeting the Commerce Ministry hopes will generate 63 billion baht in sales. The buyers represent 112 companies and are meeting with representatives from 73 firms selling Thai rice and rice products and 39 companies selling cassava products. The ministry had hoped the four-day event would generate US$1.8 billion in sales (around 63 billion baht) - $806 million from rice and rice products and around $1 billion from cassava products. The country exported 6.85 million tonnes of rice worth $3.085 billion in the period January to September this year. Exports of cassava products totalled 8.12 million tonnes, worth $2.17 billion, over the nine months.

Source: Bangkok Post November 14, 2016 09:23 UTC