Strong baht hits agricultural exports

THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
Strong baht hits agricultural exports

Value and volume of rice, para, tapioca, chicken and shrimp exports were hit the hardest by the strong baht, which shaved off the value of agricultural exports by Bt7.7 billion in the first quarter.

 

According to Kasetsart University Office of Agricultural Economics Foresight Centre (KOFC), the value accounted fro 4.28 per cent of total value of agricultural exports. 
In the quarter, the Thai baht strengthened to 28.63 per dollar from around 30.3 at the end of last year.