at that level rice would still be almost times the price of wheat which compares with a ratio of in for instance the large production gains anticipated in myanmar cambodia and laos are likely to allow these countries to emerge as important players in the export market which would widen the choice of origins for rice trade and reduce the dependence on traditional suppliers such as thailand and viet nam because important asian countries are expected to engage in the commercial production of genetically modified rice by the questions of product segregation and labelling may also acquire increased prominence in the commercialisation of rice both in domestic and export markets