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Palm oil exports put at 800,000 tonnes
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/07/2024
» Thailand expects to export 800,000 tonnes of crude palm oil this year, aiming to stabilise the prices of local fresh palm nuts.
State to probe oil palm price dip in South
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/05/2024
» The Commerce Ministry has ordered the Internal Trade Department to visit provinces with palm plantations as oil palm prices fell to find the cause and suggest preventive measures.
Farm product price schemes planned
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/10/2023
» The Commerce Ministry is preparing measures to stabilise the prices of key agricultural products, including rice, cassava, maize for animal feed and palm oil, as these products are poised to enter the market.
Demystifying sticky Thai goods prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/03/2023
» Thailand may be unique in handling the domestic prices of products and services. Whenever manufacturers and business operators shoulder higher production costs and ask state units for permission to raise their prices, the Internal Trade Department always rushes to call a joint meeting with them.
Crude palm oil exports set to hit 1m tonnes
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/02/2023
» Crude palm oil exports may reach 1 million tonnes this year, up from 919,000 tonnes last year, driven by a higher supply of oil palm and strong demand from India and China, according to the Commerce Ministry.
Government upbeat on price outlook of palm nuts
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/01/2023
» The government remains bullish on the price prospects of domestic fresh palm nuts, although local production and demand and global palm oil prices remain highly volatile.
Palm oil subsidy scheme to seek cabinet approval
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/10/2022
» The Commerce Ministry plans to ask the cabinet shortly to approve the state-sponsored price guarantee scheme for palm oil farmers for the 2022/23 harvest season, while pledging to support crude palm oil exporters.
Ministry seeks B11.4bn to aid farmers
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/09/2022
» The Commerce Ministry is poised to propose the cabinet approve a combined 11.4 billion baht to help oil palm and tapioca growers under the state-sponsored price guarantee schemes in the 2022/23 harvest season.
Groups back cooking palm oil price cut
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/07/2022
» Prices of palm oil for cooking are likely to dip further next week after manufacturers, department stores and modern trade outlets on Thursday agreed to cut the price of bottled palm oil by 5-6 baht per litre to 62 baht per bottle, in line with lower production costs and improving domestic stocks.
March exports reach 30-year record high
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/04/2022
» Thai exports remain robust, with their performance hitting a 30-year record high in March, leading the country's outbound shipments to grow by 14.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022.