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Thailand: Rice prices expected to hold steady

Strong overseas demand for Thai rice is expected to support prices even as an influx of around 25 million tonnes of the 2017/18 major crop is about to flood the market next month, say industry officials. Thai Rice Exporters Association president Charoen Laothammatas said hefty demand from the overseas markets could push 2017 rice exports […]

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Indonesia to Stop Importing Salt by 2020, Luhut Says

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for the Marine Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said in 2020 Indonesia is no longer importing salt. Luhut said the government will continue to seek ways to increase national salt production. One way to do so is by land extensification in a number of salt production areas, including East Nusa Tenggara, which has the potential […]

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Asia much more resilient to weather financial storms now

Asia, the fastest-growing region in the world, has become much more resilient to weather financial storms with lessons learned from the Asian Financial Crisis 20 years ago, said a senior official at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “Asian economies become much more resilient because of the lessons we learned” from the Asian Financial Crisis started […]

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