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He said the suggested price for of a 600cc bottle of drinking water was no more than seven baht, a 750cc bottle no more than nine baht and 1.5 litres no more than 14 baht.
Villagers run to receive drinking water packs dropped from a helicopter in Ayutthaya on Oct 12, 2011. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)
Recommended prices for other flood-related products are as follows;
Twenty-five-kilogramme sacks of sand - 45 baht each
Cement blocks - 10 baht each
Life jackets - 450 baht each
Fiberglass boats for two people - 4,500 baht each
Fiberglass boats for four people - 6,500 baht each
Rubber boots - 200 baht a pair
Twenty-two-gallon water tanks - 350 baht each
Forty-gallon water tanks - 600 baht each
Water pumps - 4,500 baht each
"If traders are found selling flood-related products above the suggested prices, they could face seven years in prison and a fine of 140,000 baht," Mr Phum said.
He said the Commerce Ministry had asked drinking water producers in the North, Northeast, and South to send as much as possible to the flood-hit Central Plains to meet the rising demand and prevent traders from raising prices unfairly.
The layer chicken farm association on Monday said Thailand is not facing an egg shortage, despite reports to the contrary. The floods had damaged only about five per cent of layer farms
Association chairman Manot Chutabtim said the current situation only “looks like a shortage” because people panicked by the flood alerts had been stockpiling eggs.
Domestic layer farms, with a capacity to produce between 28 and 29 million eggs daily, were encountering only limited problems.
Hens had died on only a few farms, but some producers had rushed to “decommission” some of their hens to limit damages.
Eggs are presently priced about three baht each.
The government has announced recommended prices for flood-related products to prevent hoarding and profiteering, Deputy Commerce Minister Phum Saraphol said on Monday.
"After the Commerce Ministry added flood-related products to its price-control list, the Department of Internal Trade hasa set recommended prices for them....to prevent people from hoarding," Mr Phum said.He said the suggested price for of a 600cc bottle of drinking water was no more than seven baht, a 750cc bottle no more than nine baht and 1.5 litres no more than 14 baht.
Villagers run to receive drinking water packs dropped from a helicopter in Ayutthaya on Oct 12, 2011. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)Twenty-five-kilogramme sacks of sand - 45 baht each
Cement blocks - 10 baht each
Life jackets - 450 baht each
Fiberglass boats for two people - 4,500 baht each
Fiberglass boats for four people - 6,500 baht each
Rubber boots - 200 baht a pair
Twenty-two-gallon water tanks - 350 baht each
Forty-gallon water tanks - 600 baht each
Water pumps - 4,500 baht each
"If traders are found selling flood-related products above the suggested prices, they could face seven years in prison and a fine of 140,000 baht," Mr Phum said.
He said the Commerce Ministry had asked drinking water producers in the North, Northeast, and South to send as much as possible to the flood-hit Central Plains to meet the rising demand and prevent traders from raising prices unfairly.
The layer chicken farm association on Monday said Thailand is not facing an egg shortage, despite reports to the contrary. The floods had damaged only about five per cent of layer farms
Association chairman Manot Chutabtim said the current situation only “looks like a shortage” because people panicked by the flood alerts had been stockpiling eggs.
Domestic layer farms, with a capacity to produce between 28 and 29 million eggs daily, were encountering only limited problems.
Hens had died on only a few farms, but some producers had rushed to “decommission” some of their hens to limit damages.
Eggs are presently priced about three baht each.
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