Thai Rice Exports Exceeded 8 Million Tonnes This Year
He predicted that this year's Thai jasmine rice exports will exceed 8 million metric tonnes (MMT). Each year, Thailand exports 600,000 to 700,000 tonnes of rice to China, mostly Thai jasmine and white rice. Even more rice is imported by Hong Kong. An average of 1.7 MMT to 1.8 MMT of Thai rice are exported to the SAR each year, of which 70–80% is Thai jasmine rice.