Research On The International Competitiveness Of Thailand Rice

Thailand positioned as a developing agriculture-based country in the global economy, its economic growth mainly depends on export. Rice is an important export product of Thailand, and Thailand has the largest worldwide rice market share. In2013, Rice production of Thailand was28940000tons, accounting for5.8%of the world total yield of rice, but rice export volume reached9307000tons, accounting for31.8%of the world’s rice export, export volume ranks the first in the world. Facing the complex and changeable market environment and the increasingly fierce international competition, strengthening the international competitiveness of Thailand rice is of great significance to Thailand rice industry and the whole economy. The domestic and foreign research on rice trade is rather abundant, but research on Thailand rice is few. Therefore, selecting rice international competitiveness of country of origin as the object of study.This thesis analyzed the development and current situation of Thailand rice industry from the industry background, the situation of production and domestic rice market.Secondly, the paper describes the foreign trade of Thailand rice from the world rice production and trade, Thailand rice export, export categories and other aspects. Thirdly, international market share, trade competitive index, revealed comparative advantage index are employed for quantitative analysis. Besides, this paper uses constant market share model to analyze the causes of Thailand rice export growth. Finally, by using the diamond model of international competitive advantage of international theory of Potter.The results of this study indicate that Thailand rice industry has superior production resources and strong government support. Thailand rice has significant competitive in world market. But in recent years, the international rice market competition is more intense, Thailand’s rice purchase plan is block because of corruption. Thailand must take effective measures to resolve in order to maintain the international rice market position.