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	The target for this year is to continue the huge export volume in a range of 10 million to 11 million tonnes.</div>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp;Commerce Minister General Chatchai Sarikalya said Monday that 10.8 million tonnes of rice valued at US$5.37 billion (Bt174.8 billion) were shipped overseas last year.</div>
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	&nbsp; &nbsp;This was some 64 per cent higher than the 2013 level of 6.6 million tonnes, and 22 per cent above last year&rsquo;s value of $4.42 billion.</div>
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	The Nation</div>

Record rice export volume last year puts Thailand back on top of the world

Thailand achieved its highest-ever rice export volume of 10.8 million tonnes last year, enabling the country to reclaim its crown as the world's largest rice exporter, according to the Commerce Ministry.