date:Jul 07, 2014
An inspection of rice warehouses launched by Thailand's military government this week thinned supply and drove Thai rice prices to four-month highs on Thursday, although demand remained thin, traders said. The military is checking rice warehouses nationwide to work out how much grain was stockpiled by the government it ousted in May and check on rice quality amid alleged corruption during the time the policy was run by former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
The army secured the rice wareho