Govt finding ways to avoid oversupply of seasonal fruit in domestic market

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Govt finding ways to avoid oversupply of seasonal fruit in domestic market

By THE NATION

 

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit

 

The Ministry of Commerce is working with the private sector to relieve stocks of seasonal fruits to prevent domestic oversupply, especially longan whose harvesting period begins in June.

 

“The ministry estimates that total output of longan in the northern region could increase by up to 20 per cent year on year, especially in Chiang Mai and Lamphun,” said Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit on Friday (June 26). “The commerce office in each province will provide subsidy to longan farmers when they sell products domestically at Bt3 per kilogram and Bt5 per kilogram when they export overseas, such as to China and Indonesia, to prevent domestic oversupply.”

 

 

 

“The provincial commerce office will also work with the private sector to organise sales promotional activities for farmers of longan and other seasonal fruits to sell their produce directly to consumers instead of through middlemen with no entry fee,” added Jurin. “For example, the Bangkok commerce office has cooperated with MBK Center to organise a fruit sale event on 3,000 square metres of space in front of MBK Center and Siam Square. Interested farmers can contact the office to reserve a selling slot free of charge.

 

“Furthermore, the ministry will help farmers seek new overseas markets to sell their fruits via online platform, either by directly contacting potential customers or partnering with operators of e-commerce platforms in target countries,” added Jurin.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30390423

 

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[Foghorn]

What about giving to the children,  oops forgot can’t trust the teachers to not steal it and flood the markets 

[mrfill]

So farmers get 5bt/kilo when they export.

 

Amazon UK currently offering 1kg of fresh Longan for £30 (1200Bt), same for Rambutans which can be bought in Bangkok for 30Bt/kg

[robblok]

11 minutes ago, mrfill said:

So farmers get 5bt/kilo when they export.

 

Amazon UK currently offering 1kg of fresh Longan for £30 (1200Bt), same for Rambutans which can be bought in Bangkok for 30Bt/kg

Transport is expensive to get it fast to an other country is even more expensive so the price difference is not that strange.

[TacoKhun]

Is not fruits in Thailand already expensive? back home bananas from Ecuador is cheaper than here, and last year i was in Singapore buying papaya in super market for about same price as here.

[mrfill]

1 hour ago, robblok said:

Transport is expensive to get it fast to an other country is even more expensive so the price difference is not that strange.

Does it not apply to Chilean fruit or South African fruit or Australian fruit? They all come just as far and just as quickly, just rather cheaper.

[robblok]

32 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Does it not apply to Chilean fruit or South African fruit or Australian fruit? They all come just as far and just as quickly, just rather cheaper.

Applies to all fruits but some can be harvested early others cannot. The ones that can be harvested early and ripen during transport will cost less. The ones that need to be transportes fast cost more. So it depends on the kind of fruit.