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  • Economy NewsPork, petrol and noodles – inflation impacting prices in Thailand

    Pork, petrol and noodles – inflation impacting prices in Thailand

    Heading into 2022, the ‘I’ word is spooking economists around the world as they look at tools to try and control rampant inflation. Even in Thailand there has been big rises in staples, making headlines this week, particularly in the pork industry. Meat and produce prices have been sneaking up and now impacting the cost of living for everyone living…

  • Thailand NewsCrocodile consumption craze caused by peak pork product prices

    Crocodile consumption craze caused by peak pork product prices

    Marie Antoinette was famously attributed (or likely misattributed) as commenting, when the people did not have any bread to eat, “Let them eat croc!” Er, or something like that. But the people of Thailand have taken it to heart; as pork prices surge across the country, many have turned to eating crocodile as an alternate source of meat. The pig…

  • Thailand NewsMerchants ask government to import pork as local prices surge

    Merchants ask government to import pork as local prices surge

    Have you noticed that many Thai street vendors have upped their price for pork dishes by around 5 baht? Some have even stopped selling pork dishes altogether. The price of pork has surged in Thailand and many merchants are now demanding the government to import pork quickly to control the fluctuating prices. They say the high prices are pushing away…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Coconut Business, Weekend protests, Pork dressed as Beef | November 13

    Thailand News Today | Coconut Business, Weekend protests, Pork dressed as Beef | November 13

    Thailand News Today for the last day of a busy week. Protests and the opening of the Blue Line will hold up traffic over the weekend. See you on Monday. US grocers cut ties with Thai coconut milk company after PETA reveals monkey labour Thailand’s coconut milk industry is under the spotlight again after PETA lobbies US grocers to boycott…

  • Economy NewsUS cuts Thailand’s tariff benefits after long-running pork dispute

    US cuts Thailand’s tariff benefits after long-running pork dispute

    Thailand’s duty-free privileges for US$817 million in exports with the US are to be revoked from the end of this year, according to US President Trump in an announcement yesterday. The President blamed a lack of progress in opening the Thai market to US pork products. Trump’s letter announcing the action follows more than 2 years of threats and negotiations…

  • FoodBeware bogus beef – online sales and vendors caught with suspicious steak

    Beware bogus beef – online sales and vendors caught with suspicious steak

    Buying beef online? Is it real beef or faux beef? Almost all of the samples of ‘beef” ordered online, or taken as samples from schools in Bangkok and Prachinburi province, were found to be fake. The Halal Science Centre at Chulalongkorn University did the checks and was astonished to find that much of the beef bought online was actually cheaper…