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Rubber exports could fall 20% in value
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/06/2013
» Thai rubber exports are expected to be on par with last year by volume but may fall by 20% in baht terms due to bearish global demand and the strong baht.
No extension for cassava subsidy as demand rebounds
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/05/2013
» The government will not extend the cassava subsidy for the 2012-13 season, as tapioca prices have recovered amid high demand for its use in alternative energy, especially in China.
Thai firms told to be early birds
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/05/2013
» Thai business operators seeking to invest in Myanmar should speed up their decisions or face higher operating costs, particularly wages and land prices, once regional economic integration takes place.
Thailand again on US bad boy list
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/05/2013
» Thailand is set to forward a draft anti-camcording bill for parliamentary approval in August, a move the Commerce Ministry hopes will help to remove the country from the US Priority Watch List (PWL).
Boonsong pins rice deal woes on baht
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/05/2013
» Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom has blamed the soaring baht for hampering government-to-government (G-to-G) rice export deals.
Food exporters concerned about effect of strong baht
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/04/2013
» Food shipments are unlikely to meet this year's target because the strong baht is putting more pressure on the industry's performance.
Q2 export picture becomes murky
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/04/2013
» The government admits exports may fall in the second quarter on the back of continued pressure from the strong baht despite a 4.26% year-on-year expansion in the first quarter.
Jewellery traders fear slump in exports
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/04/2013
» Thai gem and jewellery shipments are expected to fall this year as the industry faces a myriad of negative factors including the sharp surge of the baht, says the Thai Gem & Jewelry Traders Association.
Another blow for Thai rice
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/04/2013
» The Thai rice industry, already reeling from a staggering stockpile thanks to the government's rice pledging programme, took a body blow courtesy of an analysis of commercially available rice imported to the US that was found to contain levels of lead far higher than regulations suggest are safe.
Rice exporters wary of pledge
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/04/2013
» The government has vowed to sell 6-7 million tonnes of its rice stocks this year, but rice exporters are again questioning the viability.