date:Jul 15, 2014
d not depress market prices, she said, adding that the Commerce Ministry would take about three years to release the 18 tonnes of stocks.
Duangporn said the Thai rice stocks sale and expectation of the El Nino weather pattern that would cut rice output in major producing nations, such as India, would help provide room for Thailand to export more rice of up to 10 million tonnes in 2014, up from 6.7 million tonnes in 2013. The forecast was close to record exports of 10.6 million tonnes in 2011.