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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 of most grades of rice remained unchanged despite the strengthening of the Thai baht.

Export prices of white rice increased one percent despite the weakening of the Thai baht.

Rice export prices remained unchanged from previous week.

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Rice export prices decreased 1-2 percent due to the weakening of the Thai baht against the U.S. dollar that offset the upward pressure on current domestic prices of paddy rice.

FAS/Bangkok (Post) revised MY2021/22 rice production down slightly to 20.8 million metric tons due to flood damage in the northeastern regions. Post expects Thai rice exports to increase to 5.8 million metric tons in 2021. Post forecasts MY2021/22...

MY2021/22 cotton import demand is expected to increase 9 percent, well below average annual import demand prior to the COVID-19 pandemic due to slow economic recovery. MY2020/21 cotton imports further declined 15 percent from MY2019/20. Imports of U...