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Sontirat eyes oil palm price slump fixes
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/11/2018
» The Commerce Ministry will propose several measures aimed at tackling the domestic oil palm price slump to the cabinet on Tuesday, according to minister Sontirat Sontijirawong.
Reaping what you've sown
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/02/2017
» Circumstances make a hero. The old saying applies to some extent in the case of Chutima Bunyapraphasara, who entered the limelight last September when she signed an administrative order demanding 20 billion baht in compensation from former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and five associates involved in fake government-to-government rice deals with two fictitious Chinese firms.
PWO probes missing tapioca
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/08/2016
» The Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) has set up panels to probe whether its officials were involved in tapioca going missing under the government's subsidy programmes between 2008-2009.
Apiradi in pledge to stimulate trade
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/08/2015
» Newly appointed Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn has vowed to tackle trade obstacles to private enterprise, stimulating border trade and faltering exports.
Back on her old stamping ground
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/10/2014
» Apiradi Tantraporn was a bit surprised when she was approached to take the deputy commerce minister post in the government led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Romantic Thais in the mood for love
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/02/2013
» Spending on the Day of Love is estimated to top 3.2 billion baht this year, the highest in five years, as Thai people, particularly teenagers, attach more importance to Valentine's Day.
Shippers demand national agenda
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/09/2012
» The Thai National Shippers' Council urged the government to put logistics development on the national agenda again after a decade passing with no progress.
Rice pledging scheme grilled
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/08/2012
» Rice, long the crown jewel of Thai exports, is fast slipping in world rankings where it led for three decades, and few blame it on floods or climate change.
Govt blamed for price rises
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/05/2012
» The opposition Democrat Party yesterday slammed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for saying rising living costs are a matter of public perception.
Fears of rice fraud rise
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/05/2012
» The government's high benchmark prices under the rice mortgage scheme have resulted in widespread corruption by participating mills, potentially devastating Thailand's reputation as a quality rice exporter, industry executives say.