Government okays maize imports

22 January 2013
Bangkok Post
Agricultural commodities, processing and products / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Animal feed / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Maize (corn) / Trade
animal feed industry / Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives / droughts / Laos / maize / Office of Agricultural Economics / Public Warehouse Organisation / Rubber Estate Organisation / rubber prices

The cabinet approved a plan for the Public Warehouse Organisation to import 450,000 tonnes of tariff-free maize from Laos and Cambodia. ... Another 250,000 tonnes of maize would be imported from Cambodia, with 100,000 tonnes in August and another 150,000 tonnes between November and January 2014 for use as raw material for animal feed production. The maize imports aim to ease the tight supply in the animal feed market due to global supply shortfalls as a result of droughts. ...

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