Thailand sells 100,000 tonnes of jasmine rice to HK

BANGKOK, November 30 (TNA) - Thailand has sold 100,000 tonnes of jasmine rice to Hong Kong at the average price of 1,100 U.S. dollars per tonne and plans to launch more marketing campaigns to sell more Thai grains to overseas markets. Thai Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom witnessed the signing of a total of nine memoranda of understanding or MOUs between Thai rice exporters and Hong Kong importers in Hong Kong on Friday. Boonsong told journalists that more marketing campaigns will be launched to boost Thai rice exports to Hong Kong to about 200,000 tonnes annually, from 160,000-170,000 tonnes currently, with one of them being organized at a major mall from November 30-December 6 in a bid to further promote Thai rice in the business island. According to the commerce minister, similar campaigns will be held in Singapore in the near future. (TNA)