BANGKOK, April 24 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s rice exports surged 18.48 percent year on year to 2.06 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2023 as demand from Asian and African markets increased, official data showed Monday.
The country earned 38.06 billion baht (1.11 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue from rice shipments during the January-March period, up 29.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry o