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Agriculture in North Macedonia is an important contributor to the economic and social development of the country. The country has a negative agricultural trade balance that has expanded lately due to constraints on domestic agricultural production, and increasing demand driven by improving consumer incomes and developing tourism, food service, and retail trade.

Rice export prices further dropped 2-6 percent from the previous week despite a strengthening of the Thai baht to a 19-month high.

Rice export prices further dropped one percent from the previous week.

Rice export prices dropped 1-3 percent from the previous week despite the strengthening of the Thai baht.

Rice export prices increased 1-6 percent from the previous week despite the weakening of the Thai baht against the U.S. dollar.

FAS Bangkok (Post) expects chicken meat production to increase slightly in 2024 due to limited supplies of day-old chicks and the slow recovery in domestic consumption amid strong export demand.