Thailand's cabinet approved expanding the 2014 government-to-government rice deal with China by 220,000 tonnes, on top of 280,000 tonnes still owed. The contract is being amended under the existing agreement, and the final delivery window moves to within 2026. For private exporters and millers this is a state-to-state channel, not an open market: the volume goes through COFCO and the Commerce Ministry, so it mainly affects government stock and rice prices if you buy or sell paddy or milled rice.