Briefs

The number of applications for housing loans under the Baan Pracha Rath project reached 51,409 for combined lending worth Bt51.337 billion as of yesterday.
Some 31,352 applications for loans worth Bt34.528 billion were made at the Government Savings Bank (GSB), while 20,057 applications worth Bt16.809 billion were made at the Government Housing Bank.
 
LPG PRICE MAINTAINED
The Energy Policy Administration Committee yesterday decided to maintain the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for April at Bt20.29 per kilogram as a means of mitigating risk from global LPG price volatility. The Oil Fund will also shoulder Bt0.3459/kg more of the compensation burden, with its commitment rising to Bt0.7095/kg, effective today.

EXIM FUNDS IRAN TRADE
The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) is to become the first Thai bank to finance trade with Iran after the lifting of UN sanctions, in support of government policy to drive tenfold growth in bilateral trade within five years, chairman Manas Jamveha said yesterday.
The government has targeted boosting Thai-Iranian trade value from around US$300 million (Bt10.58 billion) last year to $3 billion by the end of the decade.