The government has opened bids to sell more than 3 million tonnes of rice unfit for human consumption. The state rice stocks to be sold for industrial use cover 17 types of poor-quality grains including hom mali fragrant rice, white rice, glutinous rice and broken rice stored across 278 state warehouses in 39 provinces. This year, the government expects to be able to export at least 9.5 million tonnes, slightly below last year's figure. Last year, Thailand shipped 9.88 million tonnes of milled rice, up 0.9%, valued at $4.4 billion. Thailand trailed only India, which exported 10.43 million tonnes of rice last year, while Vietnam shipped 4.95 million tonnes.

Source: Bangkok Post March 11, 2017 00:33 UTC