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Manufacturers of consumer goods, including instant noodles, will not be allowed to increase their prices in the near future, the chief of the Department of Internal Trade said on Wednesday.

The Russia-Ukraine war and government subsidies are pushing up the price of agricultural products like paddy rice, raw sugar, tapioca, palm oil and maize, the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has said.

The Commerce Ministry is seeking an urgent budget of Bt1.4 billion to reduce the price of everyday goods as the cost of living rises in Thailand.

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A new Line account called Find Food (@findfood19) has been set up to help farmers sell their produce online. 

Consumer product manufacturer and distributor Saha Pathanapibul is promoting “Sahapat Delivery”, an online shopping platform to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection.

The Thai Agro Exchange (Talaadthai), backed by the Commerce Ministry’s Department of Internal Trade, is ready to roll out a caravan of grocery trucks – popularly known as pumpuang – to provision citizens during the Covid-19 crisis and discourage the stockpiling of goods.

The Commerce Ministry will roll out a caravan of 200 Blue Flag vehicles to sell consumer goods and has established two special working groups to prevent and suppress stockpiling and overpricing by retailers, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit after a meeting held to lay down guidelines on consumer goods as fears grow over the Covid-19 outbreak.

The Covid-19 outbreak is likely to cost Thai exporters of shrimp Bt340 million-Bt650 million over the course of February to April, the Department of Fisheries estimates.

Worries about the relentless spreading of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) is leading to panic stocking of goods.

Retailers and residents of Dubai are hopefully more enthusiastic about Thai rice following a trade fair last month where it was heavily promoted.