Blocked Cassava Permitted Into Thailand

Cambodia cassava exports to Thailand resumed yesterday along the Banteay Meanchey province border after Thai commerce officials agreed to expedite the granting of licenses that had prevented 1,600 tons of cassava from entering Thailand, officials and exporters said. The cassava, which had been stuck in trucks and warehouses at the Thai-Cambodian border in Thma Puok district since Sunday, was allowed to pass yesterday afternoon following a meeting with commerce officials from both countries, said Sok Sopheak, director general of the department of international trade at the Ministry of Commerce….