BANGKOK, Oct 25 – The Thai government on Tuesday approved a plan to import food and drinking water to ease current and anticipated shortages following the worst flood in the nation’s history, according to Permanent-Secretary for Commerce Yanyong Phuangrach. The shortages have occurred after the flood hit factories in seven industrial estates, leaving them submerged, […]
BANGKOK, July 17 – Myanmar’s Commerce Ministry annulled its import ban on 15 Thai items from Thailand, according to Thailand’s director-general of Trade Negotiations Department. Ms Srirat Rastapana said the 15 types of merchandise were fresh fruits, monosodium glutamate (MSG), chewing gum, sweet drinks and other beverages, crackers, wafers, cake, canned food, instant noodles, liquor, […]
BANGKOK, June 11 — E. coli bacteria was found in kohlrabi (commonly known as German turnip) imported from northern Europe, and it will take between three to five days for laboratory tests to determine whether or not the strain is hazardous, a senior public health ministry official announced today. Dr Sathaporn Wongcharoen, director-general of Medical […]
Lab tests have shown some imported avocados are contaminated with E coli but it will take at least three days to determine whether the strain is dangerous or not. “The results of the strain analysis will come out in the next three to five days,” Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said Thursday. Read more: The […]
Gold demand is volatile, especially in Asia, but what on earth is happening in Thailand? According to some numbers buried in the Thai customs website, gold imports in July, the latest month for which data is available, hit Bt55.4bn ($1.8bn), which is equivalent to a bit less than 45 tonnes and more than 13 times […]
