Prices of rice exported from Thailand have increased due to continued demand for white and parboiled rice from the country. During the week ended May 22, prices of rice exported from Thailand increased 4-6% on week. It pegged rice production in Thailand in 2016-17 at 17 million tonne, against 15.8 million tonne the previous year due to higher recovery in off-season production. The estimate for exports from the country was, however, kept unchanged at 9 million tonne.