It has been repeatedly warned: Thailand is pricing itself out of the market with the rice mortgage system reintroduced by the Yingluck government. The program ruins both the domestic and foreign markets and creates a huge and unnecessary burden of debt for the government.

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Rice plan becomes a very expensive joke

By Editorial
Posted in Economy, Politics
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27 September 2011

Taxpayers can expect a 250 billion baht bill as the government reintroduces the much-criticized rice mortgage system. The system could also result in Thailand losing its position as the world's largest rice exporter to Vietnam (which has already taken over the lead in Asia). This says Pridiyathorn Devakula, former Deputy Prime Minister. Next month, the government will launch the system, under which the government will buy up unhusked white rice for a guaranteed price of 15.000 baht per ton…

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