BANGKOK — Thailand exported 7,448,941 tons of rice worth 172.019 billion baht in the first nine months of 2024 (January-September), an increase of 22 percent in volume and 45.8 percent in value compared to the same period in 2023, according to Pol. Lt. Col. Charoen Laothamatas, President of the Rice Exporters Association of Thailand.
By Khaosod English -November 4, 2024
He stated that white rice led exports with 4,702,455 tons (up 42 percent), followed by jasmine rice with 1,233,108 tons (up 9 percent), parboiled rice with 814,791 tons (down 28.2 percent), Thai fragrant rice with 487,587 tons (up 42.5 percent) and glutinous rice with 211,000 tons (up 15.7 percent).
The top five importers of Thai rice were Indonesia (1,092,128 tons, up 20.7 percent), Iraq (907,715 tons, up 25.1 percent), the United States (609,430 tons, up 19.5 percent), South Africa (580,288 tons, down 20.6 percent) and the Philippines (399,493 tons, up 246.7 percent).
India remained the world’s largest rice exporter in the first nine months, followed by Thailand, Vietnam, Pakistan and the United States