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Detail

Area

Thailand

Commodity Group

Rice

Commodity

All

Date

14/02/2015

Policy Category

Stocks

Policy Instrument

Stock release

Description

Announced plans to dispose of an estimated 17 million tonnes of rice held in government granaries in two years time. Officials would expect up to 10.0 million tonnes to be disposed of over the course of 2015, with the remaining volumes to be released in 2016.