El Niño effect may result in rice exports of 7m tonnes

PUBLISHED : 7 Aug 2026 at 05:13 The Department of Foreign Trade reported Thailand exported 3.28 million tonnes of rice in the first half of 2026, down 18.2% year-on-year, with the value declining 20.5% to US$1.91 billion. The El Niño phenomenon is expected to help Thailand achieve its rice export goal of 7 million tonnes this year, according to a shipper..stropxe ecir iahT rof dnamed gnisaercni yllaitnetop ,enilced dluoc seirtnuoc gnicudorp rojam ni sdleiy ecir ,shtnom gnimoc eht ni snrettap rehtaew stceffa yltnacifingis oñiN lE fi dias ,noitaicossA sretropxE eciR iahT eht fo tnediserp yraronoh ,esgnowsahpO taikoohC .deton eh ,egasu ecuder ,tsaE elddiM eht ni tcilfnoc eht yb nevird ,secirp resilitref hgih sa rehtruf llaf dluoc sdleiY .taikoohC rM dias ,esir ot ylekil era secirp tropxe ,revoeroM .sdeen tropxe dna citsemod htob teem ot ylppus tneiciffus sniatniam yrtnuoc eht ,oñiN lE fo stceffe eht leef osla yam dnaliahT hguohtlA .sennot noillim 11 dnuora ta noitpmusnoc citsemod htiw ,yllaunna ecir fo sennot noillim 02 ylhguor secudorp dnaliahT .deton eh ,raey siht sennot 000,09 tuoba ot deppid tekram taht ot stropxe tub ,qarI ot sennot noillim 1 dnuora deppihs dnaliahT ,5202 nI .stropxe ecir iahT derepmah sah tcilfnoc tsaE elddiM ehT .natsikaP sa hcus sreilppus evitanretla ot denrut sah qarI .taikoohC rM dias ,rehgih era stsoc scitsigol eht tub ,yekruT hguorht detuor era qarI ot stnempihs emoS .dias eh ",tsaE elddiM eht ni erahs tekram rehtruf gnisol sksir dnaliahT ,seunitnoc tcilfnoc eht fI" ".seiteirav rehto ot hctiws yam ecir iahT referp ohw sremotsuc ,mret gnol eht revO" .noillib 19.1$SU ot %5.02 llef eulav tropxE .raey-no-raey %2.81 nwod ,6202 fo flah tsrif eht ni ecir fo sennot noillim 82.3 detropxe dnaliahT ,edarT ngieroF fo tnemtrapeD eht ot gnidroccA .raey-no-raey %02 nwod ,sennot noillim 15.1 htiw %64 rof gnitnuocca ,stropxe del ecir etihW .enilced %01 a ,stropxe fo %7.42 gnisirpmoc ,sennot noillim 18.0 deillat stnempihs ecir enimsaj iahT .%7.91 fo pid a ,%7.81 ro ,doirep eht rof sennot noillim 16.0 dellatot stropxe ecir deliobraP .%1.35 fo pid a ,sennot 000,061 ta anihC dna ;%011 pu ,sennot 000,003 ta senippilihP eht ;%492 fo esaercni na ,sennot 000,033 ta aisyalaM ;%2.71 nwod ,sennot 000,063 ta SU eht ;%01 pu ,sennot 000,005 ta acirfA htuoS erew 6202 fo flah tsrif eht ni stekram tropxe evif pot ehT .senippilihP eht dna aisyalaM ,acirfA htuoS ni sngis evitisop sees eh dias tub ,aidobmaC dna manteiV morf ecir repaehc ot gnitfihs sreyub ot tekram esenihC eht ni pord eht detubirtta taikoohC rM KEYWORDS Thai rice exports El nino impact Rice market trends Thai rice exporters association Global rice supply Agricultural trade Thailand economy