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Fears over impact on economic policy
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/12/2025
» Trade associations say the dissolution of parliament could hinder the implementation of key economic policies, and have called for the formation of a new government with full authority within the legal timeframe.
Rice mills call for action as prices deteriorate
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/11/2025
» As Thai rice prices have hit a 20-year low, more than 90% of rice mills are facing losses while farmers are struggling with debt repayment.
Ministry preps measures to support cassava trade
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/12/2024
» The Commerce Ministry has requested the Chinese authorities purchase Thai cassava products and has encouraged Thai feed millers to boost their demand for cassava during the peak harvest season.
Thailand's shrimp industry battered by disease, low prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/12/2024
» Thai shrimp production is expected to decrease by 4% year-on-year because of disease outbreaks and falling prices, says the Thai Shrimp Association.
Sugary drink makers get tax reprieve
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/09/2022
» Manufacturers of sugary drinks have been given more time to adjust their recipes after the government pushed back the latest hike in the excise levy for another six months.
Shippers eye industrial Covid control
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/07/2021
» A group of Thai exporters is growing concerned about the rising number of infections, particularly in the industrial manufacturing sector, pointing out if the infection rate is not controlled it may affect the country's export performance this year.
Vaccine dispersal key to driving exports
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/07/2021
» The government is being urged to speed up allocation of Covid-19 vaccines to the manufacturing sector to increase exports, which are the only engine driving the country's economy.
Shrimp farmers to get help
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/12/2020
» The Commerce Ministry's Department of Internal Trade (DIT) is gearing up to provide assistance to shrimp farmers in the wake of the 14-day lockdown in Samut Sakhon, a major seafood production base for seafood products, to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Trade fairs in global tumult
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 19/03/2020
» The Commerce Ministry's International Trade Promotion Department has put off almost all trade fairs both domestically and overseas until September because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Private hospitals miss price reporting deadline: Internal Trade Department
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/08/2019
» The Internal Trade Department will summon 48 private hospitals to explain why they failed to provide information about the actual costs of drugs, medical supplies and medical services by the submission deadline of July 31.