Thai rice export statistics 2026

Thailand exported 2,735,535 tonnes of rice worth 50,003 million baht between January and May 2026. The tables below break that down by rice type and by destination country.

These are Thailand's national totals, not shipments by Siam Rice Export.

Data through May 2026

Exports by rice type (January–May 2026)

Rice typeTonnesMillion baht
White rice1,300,06917,474
Thai Hom Mali rice542,07120,255
Parboiled rice515,3766,291
Broken rice305,4023,962
Glutinous rice56,4891,420
Husked (brown) rice16,127602

Top 20 destinations (January–May 2026)

#DestinationTonnesMillion bahtShare
1South Africa427,9085,25615.6%
2U.S.A.298,97710,39210.9%
3Malaysia243,6482,8798.9%
4Philippines206,8022,5547.6%
5China139,4602,5535.1%
6Senegal126,4371,5254.6%
7Democratic Republic Of The Congo108,9921,2754.0%
8Mozambique105,5991,3693.9%
9Angola94,9671,1173.5%
10Iraq91,8661,0223.4%
11Hong Kong66,1742,1812.4%
12Canada51,5081,6601.9%
13Singapore49,4891,5191.8%
14Yemen47,1415681.7%
15Papua New Guinea46,2947971.7%
16Japan45,4657151.7%
17Congo45,3765601.7%
18Tanzania37,1724631.4%
19Australia34,3409871.3%
20United Arab Emirates34,0304611.2%

Destination names are shown as the sources publish them. 151 countries and territories bought Thai rice in this period.

Where these figures come from

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