Thai farmers pour newly harvested rice in Lopburi province, about 245km in the north of Bangkok (Photo: EPA/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand remains the world’s largest rice exporter,said president of the Rice Exporters Association of Thailand CharoenLaothammathat on September 1.
He revealed that Thailand exported 6.41 million tonnes of rice in the firstseven months of 2017 to secure its leading position.
Thailand is followed by India and Vietnam in terms of rice export volumerespectively, he added.
Earlier the same day, the Thai government approved 2.2 billion USD in loans andaid to farmers to help stabilise rice prices.-VNA
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are negotiating an urgent purchase of about 400,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand to replenish their falling stocks which were caused by severe droughts and floods, according to Thai media.
Eleven rice exporters of Thailand has planned to buy all 160,000 tonnes of edible rice in national reserves, which was put for the third rice auction this year.
The Thai Government has launch three additional initiatives to support farmers, which were approved at the August 4 meeting of the National Rice Policy and Management Committee.
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Thai farmers pour newly harvested rice in Lopburi province, about 245km in the north of Bangkok (Photo: EPA/VNA) 
