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Dry betel nut traders face new barriers
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/05/2024
» Thai betel nut exporters are struggling with tariff barriers from India as well as the impact of the armed conflict between the Myanmar military and rebel forces.
Rare tortoises lay eggs in southern Thailand
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/07/2022
» SONGKHLA: Three endangered Asian forest tortoises have laid a total of 91 eggs at Songkhla Zoo in this southern province.
Govt asked to seek Saudi investors
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/05/2022
» Chambers of commerce in three southern border provinces have told the government to propose joint ventures to Saudi Arabia as a way to stimulate trade.
Rubberwood factories revel in revival
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 25/02/2020
» Rubberwood factories have seen their output grow by between 20% to 30% over the past two years, with another 10% to 20% growth expected this year, after about half of the country's rubberwood factories went out of business previously.
Chinese investor builds B700m durian plant in lower South
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 28/07/2019
» A Chinese investment group from Kunming has invested about 700 million baht in establishing a durian processing factory in the lower South, aiming to export one-third of durian produced in the southern border provinces to China.
China puts B700m into durian plant
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 08/07/2019
» Chinese investors have set up a joint venture with Thai counterparts to build a 700-million-baht factory in Songkhla's Thepha district to make freeze-dried durian for export to mainland China.
Farmers urge foreign investor control
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/11/2017
» Songkhla: The farmers council is calling on the government to formulate a policy to regulate foreign investors from using Thais as their nominees to dominate the agricultural sector.
Paiboon stands by delisting pot, krathom plan
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/11/2016
» Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya is standing firm in his aim to remove krathom and marijuana from the narcotic drugs list and treat them as medicinal herbs.
Cattle raisers struggle against cheap, smuggled beef
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/07/2015
» Southern farmers raising Thai cattle complain they have not sold any livestock in the past three months, largely because of competition from cheap, smuggled beef from India.
Rubber fund staff oppose merger plan
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/09/2012
» The Office of the Rubber Replanting Aid Fund (ORRAF) chief has come under fire, with his staff strongly opposed to a plan to transform the state enterprise into a public organisation.