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- Thailand cuts rice subsidy price after $4.4B loss
Thailand will pay farmers 20 percent less for rice to stem losses from a much-criticized subsidy program that dislodged the country from its spot as the world's No. 1 exporter of the grain, a government ...
thailand 20 Jun 2013 - Rice Exports From Thailand to Advance as Support Prices Reduced
Rice shipments from Thailand, the second-biggest exporter, are set to increase as the government reduces the price paid to farmers to rein in spending, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
thailand 20 Jun 2013 - Thailand cuts rice-buying subsidy after big losses
Thailand said Wednesday that it would slash the price paid to rice farmers under a controversial scheme that caused the kingdom to lose its place as the world's top exporter of the commodity last year.
thailand 20 Jun 2013 - Thailand cuts subsidy to rice farmers
(52 mins ago) Thailand said Wednesday that it would slash the price paid to rice farmers under a controversial scheme that caused the kingdom to lose its place as the world's top exporter of the commodity last year. The country has paid its farmers around 50 percent more than the market value for rice since 2011 in an effort to boost incomes in the rural heartlands of the ruling party, AFP ...
thailand 20 Jun 2013 - Thailand Skal visits South Korea
Skal International (SI) National President for Thailand, Mr. Andrew J. Wood, recently visited Seoul and took the opportunity to meet executives of SI Korea. South Korea successfully hosted the Skal Asian Area Congress in 2009 and the Skal World Congress in 2012. South Korea has 2 Skal Clubs - Incheon and Seoul. Skal International will hold its 74th World Congress in New York this year from ...
thailand 20 Jun 2013 - Thailand admits losing $4.4bn from rice scheme
Thailand's government has acknowledged losing more than $4.46 billion in a much-criticized scheme to support rice prices that ended up dislodging the country from its top spot as the grain's exporter. ...
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