COMMODITIES
Extra maize imports given the green light
The Commerce Ministry has authorised the Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) to bring in maize from a neighbouring country in a bid to lower production costs in some farm sectors.
It expects to spend 700 million baht to import 86,300 tonnes of maize from either Laos or Cambodia for sale to small farmers in the swine and egg sectors at below the market price of 7 baht a kilogramme.
Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom believes the imports will result in cheaper food prices but not hurt local maize growers.
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- Writer: Phusadee Arunmas
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