Thailand keen to up G2G shipments to Singapore

Thailand intends to sell other agricultural products to Singapore through a government-to-government (G2G) agreement following the success of the first agreement on rice trade.

- PHUSADEE ARUNMAS

Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun said Thailand's private sector has exported rice to Singapore for years. The first G2G agreement for rice marks significant progress in two areas: it establishes formal G2G rice trade and enhances international food security.

The implementation will be under a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on rice trade, with Thailand's Department of Foreign Trade and Singapore Food Agency playing key roles in managing the trade process.

The MoC is valid for a period of five years and can be renewed upon mutual consent from both countries.