BANGKOK, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s rice export volume surged 75.2 percent in January from a year earlier to 805,519 tonnes, boosted by a weak Thai baht and year-end orders, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.
The country’s rice export in January was valued at 14.28 billion baht (about 407 million U.S. dollars), up 78.76 percent year-on-year, Ronnarong Phoolpipat, director general of the ministry’s fore