India overtakes Thailand as biggest rice supplier to Singapore

Xinhua, 12 Oct 2013
Trade statistics showed that India has overtaken Thailand as the biggest rice supplier to Singapore, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.
Statistics from trade promotion agency International Enterprise Singapore showed that Singapore imported 92,865 tons, or 32.9 percent, of its total demand for rice from India between January and August this year, making India the top supplier, the Straits Times said.
Thailand was second at 85,816 tons over the same period, or 30. 4 percent of the total.    Full story