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Thailand to ban maize from field-burning countries
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 19/03/2024
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a ban on maize imports from areas where farmers burn-off their fields, with enabling legislation to take effect this year.
State spending to rise by 3.4% to B3.6tn
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/01/2024
» The cabinet has approved a budget of 3.6 trillion baht for fiscal 2025, with the budget deficit expanding to 713 billion baht.
Price controls get one-year extension
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/06/2023
» The Ministry of Commerce has extended price controls on 51 products and services for another year. The extension will expire on June 30, 2024.
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.
Ministry extends price controls on five products
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/01/2023
» The Commerce Ministry has extended price controls on five products comprising hygienic face masks, synthetic fibres for face mask production, alcohol gel, paper for recycling, and chicken for another year.
Inflation expected to fall further this year
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/11/2022
» Thai inflation in November and December is expected to decelerate further, following a decrease in the prices of several essential consumer goods and stable prices of some items despite higher costs.
Exporters urged to adopt regional focus
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/06/2022
» Thai exporters are advised to shift their focus to regional markets such as Asean, China, the Middle East and India instead of the world market in the second half this year.
Chicken added to price control list
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/01/2022
» The Commerce Ministry is putting chickens and chicken meat on the state price control list and rolling out more stringent measures for chicken raisers and slaughterhouses as well as feed meal factories, requiring them to declare their sales costs and stocks as part of efforts to deal with surging food prices.
Herb sellers told not to price gouge
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/07/2021
» Vendors could face up to seven years in jail or a fine of not more than 140,000 baht or both if they gouge prices of medicinal herbs, warned the Internal Trade Department.
FDI to start recovering next year in hotel, tourism sectors
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/07/2021
» Thailand's foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to recover next year, especially for hotels, tourism and other sectors such as electronics and wafer fabrication for which the Board of Investment has offered attractive tax breaks.