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State sets food vendor menu prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/02/2012
» Effective Feb 20, food vendors are obliged to sell a la carte dishes at government set prices.
Extra maize imports given the green light
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/02/2012
» The Commerce Ministry has authorised the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) to bring in maize from a neighbouring country in a bid to lower production costs in some farm sectors.
Spending given love tap
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/02/2012
» Valentine's Day spending is expected to rise by 5.13% year-on-year to 2.8 billion baht, but consumers are still worried about higher living costs, according to a survey.
Commerce Ministry in joint farm promotion
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/02/2012
» The Commerce Ministry plans to team up with neighbouring countries in selling farm crops on the global market for mutual benefit.
Officials seek standard of geographical indication
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/02/2012
» The government is pushing for establishment of a common standard of geographical indication (GI) registration in Asean to ensure trust and prepare members for the Asean Economic Community (AEC).
As exports wither, C.P. Intertrade turns focus to domestic rice market
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/02/2012
» Competition in domestic packed rice will be much fiercer this year after a plunge in rice exports, prompting one giant player, C.P. Intertrade Co, to target sales of 580,000 tonnes of packed rice at a value of 15 billion baht.
Smuggling of cassava in the spotlight
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/02/2012
» Thailand will suspend cassava imports along the border until May and control cassava transport in Chanthaburi and Sa Kaeo provinces to prevent the circumvention of the mortgage scheme using imported crops, says Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom.
Thailand on the fence amid TPP talks
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/02/2012
» Thailand should keep up on the progress of the new Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in order not to miss out on the new free-trade bandwagon.
Cap on second-crop pledging mulled to thwart cheats
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/02/2012
» Farmers are proposing a limit on the volume of second-crop rice that farmers can pledge with the government, believing a cap would be an effective safeguard against cheating.
State seeks to improve stubbornly low rice prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/01/2012
» The government plans to push the average price of exported rice to US$700 a tonne and reap revenue of 200 billion baht by focusing on quality over quantity, says newly appointed Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom.