date:Feb 27, 2014
e low, he added.
Bangladesh, the world's fourth-biggest rice producer, consumes almost all its production at home. It aims to produce more than 35 million tonnes of rice in the current year, up from nearly 34 million in the previous year.
Global rice supplies have increased sharply as the embattled government of Thailand has been liquidating its stockpiles in order to pay farmers and avoid further protests.
Benchmark Thai rice prices fell as much as 15 percent last week.
Rice is the main sta