Thailand Jan 1-Sep 4 Rice Exports 5.40M Tons, +11.0% On Year

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Wed, 08/02/2012 - 10:43 pm.

Thailand Jan 1-Sep 4 Rice Exports 5.40M Tons, +11.0% On Year

BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--Thailand's rice exports from Jan. 1 to Sept. 4 rose 11% on year to 5.40 million metric tons, the Commerce Ministry's Department ofForeign Trade said Wednesday.

Rice exports from Sept. 1-4 totaled 75,377 tons, up 0.43% on year.

The Department of Foreign Trade didn't provide a reason for the increase in rice exports.

Thailand is the world's largest rice exporter.

The following table shows Thailand's rice exports from Jan. 1 to Sept. 4 compared with a year earlier. Figures are in metric tons.

Thời gian

	2007		2006
	Jan 1-Sep 4	Sep 1-4	Jan 1-Sep 4	Sep 1-4
Private Exporters	4,977,587	68,702	4,863,921	75,052
Government	420,936	6,675	-	-
Total	5,398,523	75,377	4,863,921	75,052