Indonesia wanted the rice between November and January. Its own rice harvest season would start in March, he said.
"The 1.5 million tonnes that Indonesia needs is white rice 5% and 15% broken, and it must be new rice. It is good the Thai rice harvest late this year has a market," he said.
n the first nine months of this year, Thailand exported nearly 7 million tonnes of rice and the Commerce Ministry is confident the export target of 10 million tonnes will be realised this year, Post Today reported.