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Ministry preps standards for durian
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/04/2024
» Thailand is preparing to issue product standards to ensure the quality of its durian exports and maintain competitiveness among exporters.
Ministry seeks to boost SME funding
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/03/2024
» The Commerce Ministry is pushing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to take advantage of the Secured Transaction Act by using assets with economic value such as machinery, high-value trees and intellectual property as collateral to secure loans.
Longan harvest down
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/08/2023
» Thailand's longan production in eight northern provinces is expected to see a drop of 40-50% this year due to severe hot weather and a reduction in the growing areas by farmers after prices dropped significantly over the past 2-3 years during the pandemic, which discouraged them from planting the crop.
Parsing the impact of the parched season
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/06/2023
» The effects of the El Niño weather pattern are becoming increasingly evident with the persistence of hot, dry weather and high temperatures despite the official start of the rainy season on May 22, as announced by the Meteorological Department.
CPF vows to hit net-zero by 2050
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 19/11/2022
» Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), the SET-listed flagship of food and agribusiness conglomerate CP Group, vows to reach a net-zero target for greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 to ensure optimised resource utilisation, less waste and lower emissions.
Farmers urged to cash in on high-value trees
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/06/2022
» Farmers are being encouraged to use high-value trees as loan collateral to help mitigate the financial hardships caused by the pandemic.
Ministry reduces prices of agrochemicals
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/11/2021
» The Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department has teamed up with importers and traders to reduce the prices of 74 agrochemical products by as much as 35% for three months, effective immediately.
Sharp drop in collateral agreements
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/03/2021
» Requests for business collateral agreements fell by 36.2% last year as financial institutions and borrowers became more cautious about granting and requesting loans due to the ongoing economic regression.
Campaign promotes high-value trees as collateral
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/09/2020
» The government is pushing farmers to grow more high-value or economic trees and encouraging those who already have valuable perennial trees on their land to use them as loan collateral.
Bright outlook for natural rubber prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/09/2020
» The prospects for natural rubber prices are rising, boosted by a sharp uptick in demand for protective rubber gloves because of the pandemic and limited supply in the world market.