A tractor drives in a rice-drying yard at a rice export plant in Chainat. "Thailand is negotiating rice deals with many countries such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh," Ms Apiradi told reporters. "This will help improve Thai rice prices and push our export volume up to 11 million tonnes," she said. Thailand, the world's second-biggest rice exporter after India, set an export target of 10 million tonnes for 2017. It has exported 6.3 million tonnes of rice so far this year, an increase of 16% from the same period last year.

Source: Bangkok Post August 02, 2017 10:52 UTC