Thailand Asks China to Complete the 280,000-ton Rice Import

Thailand asks China to complete a 280,000-ton rice purchase and explores an extra 500,000 tons in 2025.
Thailand asks China to complete a 280,000-ton rice purchase and explores an extra 500,000 tons in 2025.. June 26, 2024, Chiang Hong District, Chiang Rai. The rice fields near the Ing River wetlands in Chiang Khong, Chiang Rai

Thailand asked China to complete a 280,000-metric-ton government rice purchase and floated a separate 500,000-metric-ton buy for 2025, Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun said on Saturday.

The remaining 280,000 tons are believed to be part of an earlier 1-million-ton purchase under a December 2014 memorandum covering 2 million tons in total.

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