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Thailand lost its status as the world’s top rice exporter in 2012 as a controversial scheme to boost farmer incomes saw it overtaken by India and Vietnam, an industry group said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thailand exported 6.9 million tons of rice last year, falling behind India which shipped 9.5 million tons and Vietnam which sold 7.8 million tons overseas<\/strong>, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.<\/p>\n

Thai exports slumped 35 percent from the 2011 level of about 10.6 million tons, based on the group’s figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We had been the champion since 1980, for 31 years, but we lost the top spot in 2012,”<\/strong> the group’s honorary president Chookiat Ophaswongse said.<\/p>\n

He said the figures from the rival exporters were based on data from Vietnam’s rice industry and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s more than one-year-old policy to buy rice from farmers for 50 percent more than the market price<\/strong>, while popular with the rural poor has hit the competitiveness of Thai exports.<\/p>\n

“Now Thai rice is $130-150 per tonne more expensive than our competitors. That’s why our exports have fallen as no customer can buy from us,” said Chookiat.<\/p>\n

“Exporters should change their jobs because they can’t survive. Rice has become a political issue now,” he said.<\/p>\n

The kingdom produces about 20 million tons of the grain annually on average, about half of which was sold overseas in the past.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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