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Thailand's rice exports from January to August 2021 drop by 14% year-on-year

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Comprehensive Thai media recently reported that Tamil exports Traders Association released customs data report of the Office noted that from January to August this year, rice exports 3,178,887 tons, export value of 58.
68 billion baht (US $ 1.
9 billion), down 14.
0% respectively from a year earlier, 23.
3%, while the export volume in the same period last year was 36,96754 million tons, and the export value was 77.
5 billion baht (approximately 2.
47 billion US dollars)
.

In August this year, 591,717 tons of rice were exported, with an export value of 9.
77 billion baht.
Compared with the export volume of 419,000 tons and an export value of 7.
46 billion baht in July this year, an increase of 41% and 30.
9% respectively
.
The current price of Thai rice is at a level that can compete with major competitors, especially India, Vietnam and Pakistan
.
As a result, the export volume of white rice increased significantly from last month
.

　　In August of this year, rice export volume of 274,377 tons, compared with the previous month growth of 101%, most of which are exported to Angola, the Philippines, Cameroon, Malaysia, Mozambique, Japan and so on
.
Steamed rice export volume of 161,925 tons, last month fell 7.
7 percent compared to the majority of exports to South Africa, Benin, Niger, Yemen
.
The export volume of jasmine rice (early rice) was 78,823 tons, an increase of 5.
3% compared with the previous month, and was exported to major markets such as the United States, Singapore, and Canada
.

　　The Thai Rice Exporters Association expects that the export volume of rice in September this year will exceed 700,000 tons, as the demand for white rice and steamed rice in overseas markets such as Africa, the Middle East and Asia continues to grow, preparing for the holiday at the end of the year
.
Coupled with the fact that Thai rice prices are still competitive, the export volume of white rice and parboiled rice will increase compared with the beginning of the year
.
As for jasmine rice, the price dropped sharply, and exports from the end of the third quarter to the fourth quarter have not returned to normal.
Thai rice exports are facing logistics and freight increases, especially on routes to major markets in the Americas and Europe
.

　　The current situation of Thai rice prices is affected by the depreciation of the Thai baht.
The price of 5% white rice in Thailand is US$396 per ton, while the price of 5% white rice in Vietnam, India and Pakistan is US$428-432, US$368-372 and US$368-372 per ton respectively.

.
The price of steamed rice in Thailand is US$399 per ton, while the price of steamed rice in India and Pakistan is US$353-357 and US$373-371 per ton, respectively
.

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