A recent news leak about three rice traders being disqualified from bidding for 15,000 tons of 10-year-old rice from the rice pledging scheme was an attempt to disrupt the bidding process, according to a source at the Ministry of Commerce. 

SINGAPOREAN traders are ready to import more Thai rice, including for re-export to third countries, as long as its quality is good, its prices are stable, and the Thai government does not implement any more farmer-subsidy programmes, according to Commerce