BANGKOK, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- An estimated 240,000 rubber pillows made in Thailand are expected to be exported to China on a yearly basis, said an official of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

Thailand's rubber pillows are made by rubber planters under the Network of Rubber Planters Institutes of Thailand, said Suphat Eawchai, the official attached to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.

The Network of Rubber Planters Institutes of Thailand has recently signed an agreement with China's Sichuan Kennan Trading Co. to supply rubber pillows to China, Suphat said.

Sichuan Kennan Trading Co. has already placed orders for 20,000 rubber pillows monthly or about 240,000 rubber pillows on a yearly basis, he said.

The Thai government has also instructed relevant institutions to promote the use of rubber in bid to boost its lowered prices, such as using rubber as the coating of asphalt roads throughout the country.