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More to Know about Thai Rice Rice prices in Thailand are likely to remain strong, regardless of yesterday’s fall by about 5-10% after the Philippines abandoned its largest rice purchase of the year. ”Demand still exists, the Philippine government is believed to have just modified its buying method from government-to-government basis,” according to Nitus Patrayothin, [...]

More Thai Rice, Anyone? The Thai government announced that its decision to release rice from the state’s stockpiles for sale in the marketplace will ensure that consumers will be paying reasonable prices for rice for the rest of the year. The new step, which was authorized by the cabinet yesterday, quickly brought down the standard-grade [...]

Thai Rice Millers and Exporters who Benefit, not Farmers Thai Rice farmers aren’t seeing all the gains as a result of the shortage of rice in Thailand, and the record high prices. The cost of growing rice has also risen exponentially in the last year. Seed prices, land rental and fertilizer have all increased in [...]

1com Thai News Vietnam Competes for Food Exports Thai food exporters are facing stiff and growing competition for food exports to Europe from Vietnam. Thailand’s National Food Institute reports that the value of produce exported to Europe last year was 20.2 billion baht, down from 20.6 billion a year before. The association estimates that Vietnam [...]

Japan Says No to Thai Rice Because Price Not Nice After the price of rice doubled in one month, Japanese importers have decided to decline an order for 60,000 tons of Thai rice, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association. For centuries, Japan did not import rice at all, so that their local farmers could [...]

Thai Rice at Twice the Price Rice is on the mind of Prime Minister Samak. He is asking Thais to eat less so that rice farmers can sell their rice at record prices to other countries. White rice, which is almost completely devoid of any nutrients, is the most popular food in the entire world. [...]

Phony Thai Fishballs Foul Funeral Thai Fish balls suspected of containing poisonous Puffer fish sicken 140 people in the Ban Luang district on Friday. The suspect fish balls were served in a soup at a funeral. Victims experienced numbness and weakness in the extremities, as well as severe vomiting. Those suffering symptoms were taken to [...]