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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.

Central Asia is a diverse, important corner of the world and a growing market for U.S. goods. Agricultural imports from the world for Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan totaled $11.6 billion in 2023 and have nearly doubled over the last three years, with the United States as the 11th largest trade partner at $196 million.

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.