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Rice export prices increased around 1 percent due mainly to the strengthening of the Thai baht.

Rice export prices increased approximately 1 percent due to the strengthening Thai baht and new demand for white rice under the government-to-government agreement with China.

Rice export prices remain unchanged while the government finalizes the sale of 267,418 million metric tons of non-food quality rice stocks.

Rice export prices declined 1 percent due to the sale of the remaining government rice stocks.

Thailand is encountering a challenge of increasing feed costs due to the government’s price intervention for major feed ingredients that will limit the industry’s growth if the problem remains.

Export prices for white rice remained unchanged as the public tender for 2.2 million metric tons of old-crop rice has not yet been finalized.

Export prices remained unchanged as traders are awaiting the new public tender for 2.2 million metric tons of government stocks.

Export prices declined around 1 percent as the government is expected to issue a public tender for 2.2 million metric tons on June 15, 2016.

Export prices remained steady as traders waited for the government to finalize the bids for the 1.2 million metric tons of rice announced in the public tender issued on May 19.

The start of the MY2016/17 main-crop rice crop planting season is delayed due to the lack of water. Tight domestic supplies put upward pressure on Thai rice exports.