Abstract :

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of Covid-19 on Rice Logistic to Thai rice export in terms of product and logistics. Starting from rice plantation, farmers, mills, labour, storage and transportation. In the later part, discusses the impacts of Covid-19 to Thai Rice Export Logistics with conclusion. The authors review Covid-19situation in Thailand and Thai Rice papers. Followed by in-depth interviews influencers and experts from major Rice exporters, Rice Traders and Shipping Lines. The disruption from COVID-19 to Thai rice export logistics was from global supply chain disruption. Imbalance in world containers caused lacking of containers to export and increased Sea Freight were the major effects. High Sea Freight let to higher imported fertilizer cost for plantation. Shipping lines delayed calling some ports in Thailand. Traders delayed the order and waited for lower freight reflecting excess stock in the warehouse. Not only increased cost for carrying stock but also no space for new crop that linked to supply chain disruption as a whole. This paper studied the impacts from 2nd wave of Covid-19 pandemic (2019 to May 2021) in Thailand to Thai Rice logistics where the output could definitely be adopted for further strategy and further study.

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Keywords :

Barge, Breakbulk vessel, COVID-19 pandemic, Global food supply chain, In-Depth Interviews, Sea Freight, Shipping Lines, Stevedore, Thai Rice Export

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