15 companies in rice bidding
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Fifteen private firms have joined the bidding for only 2.07 million tonnes of rice from total open bidding of 3.66 million tonnes, with a reduced offer price of Bt1.88 per kilogram.
The Rice Committee will set a final offering price on March 28.
The deputy director general of the Foreign Trade Department of the Commerce Ministry, Keerati Rushchano, said that the offering price ranges from Bt1.88 per kilogramme to Bt5.10 per kilogramme, an average of Bt4 per kilogramme.
