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Rice export prices further dropped 2-6 percent from the previous week despite a strengthening of the Thai baht to a 19-month high.

Rice export prices further dropped one percent from the previous week.

Rice export prices dropped 1-3 percent from the previous week despite the strengthening of the Thai baht.

Rice export prices increased 1-6 percent from the previous week despite the weakening of the Thai baht against the U.S. dollar.

FAS Bangkok (Post) expects chicken meat production to increase slightly in 2024 due to limited supplies of day-old chicks and the slow recovery in domestic consumption amid strong export demand.

Export prices declined around 1 percent. China agreed to buy an additional 1 million metric tons of Thai rice in 2016. Results for the tender for “rotten” rice have yet to be finalized.

Water supplies for dry season are the lowest in history. Farmers continued to plant off-season rice despite a Government ban.

Export prices remained unchanged. Thirteen bidders participated in the first public tender for non-food grade rice for industrial uses on December 1.

Export prices declined around 1 percent. The Government will issue the first public tender for non-food grade rice for industrial uses on December 1.

Export prices were virtually unchanged from the previous week. The Government will issue a new public tender for non-food grade rice for industrial use by the end of November.

Despite the weakening Thai baht, export prices increased 1 percent as G-to-G agreement with Indonesia has been signed and shipments are beginning immediately.

Continued growth in Thailand livestock and poultry sectors is fueling larger-than-expected growth in soy protein demand.