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The Thai Sugar Millers Corp (TSMC) has set the price for 10 CCS (commercial cane sugar) at Bt1,000 per tonne in a bid to encourage farmers to grow more sugarcane.

The Public Health Ministry is targeting sweet drinks in its latest campaign to curb Thais’ health-damaging addiction to sugar.

The Cabinet on Monday set the price of final-stage sugarcane with a sweetness of 10 commercial cane sugar (CCS) at Bt833.22 per tonne and set the yield rate for processed sugar for the 2019/2020 crop year at 357.09 per tonne, the government’s deputy spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek said.

Planned changes to the Sugar Cane and Granulated Sugar Act will not solve Thailand’s problems at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) warned on Thursday.

In a world where sugar has attracted increasing scrutiny for its impact on health and obesity, moves are afoot in the biggest consuming country to persuade people to eat more of the sweetener.

The price of sugar shares continued to rise on Monday after the global sugar price hit 14 cents per pound over drought fears, up 50 per cent from its low point in April.

Deputy Commerce Minister Weerasak Wangsuphakijkosol will visit Nakhon Ratchasima province on Friday (July 3) to oveesee the production of "Petch-Pak-Chong Sugar Apple", a fruit that could be promoted as the province’s geographical indication (GI).

The Ministry of Industry has proposed offering cash subsidies to sugarcane farmers nationwide with a total budget of Bt10.231 billion.

Just as the world's top sugar traders forecast a global shortage of the commodity, No. 1 raw-sugar importer Indonesia says it wants a record amount of the sweet stuff.

The problem of fires at sugarcane plantations requires cooperation from all sectors, Sitiwuth Siempakdee, vice president of Thai Sugar Miller Co, said. 

Dr Kitti Chunhawong, president of Thailand Society of Sugarcane Technologists (TSSCT) insisted on Tuesday (November 12) that the banning of 3 agrochemical substances namely Paraquat, Chlorpyrifos and Glyphosate by the Hazardous Substance Committee, which came into effect last month, will severely affect the sugar industry.

Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit is planning to transform the Thailand Sugarcane Breeding Centre (TSBC) into the hub of sugarcane breeding in Southeast Asia with world-class modern technologies and innovations.