Popular Post webfact Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Lamphun/ Thailand - More than 25,000 Thai farmers who grow garlic in Thailand are demanding to stop importing it from China, whose garlic is considerably cheaper due to lower production costs. The China-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed in June 2003 allowed China to import their garlic to Thailand with 0% tax. Growers in Thailand are concerned about the China-Laos railway network, fearing it does not lead the Thai economy to have a balance of trade deficit. Local officials have also raised concerns that the railway will hurt Thailand's agricultural economy and the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The garlic community enterprise in Ban Hong, a district of Lamphun Province, in northern Thailand, accelerate the promotion of organic garlic cultivation which meets more demands in the Chinese markets. Local garlic grower, Pathipong Nupalao, complained that the Chinese garlic flooded Thai markets and that will make buyers delay their order. Head of Community enterprises Chana Chaichana said Thai Local growers have to bear the cost in their garlic production process while in China, the garlic plantation and trade are huge as they grow them in an extensive area. A greengrocer urged for stopping importing Chinese garlic since a kilogram of it is priced at about 80 baht, considerably lower than Thai prices which stood at 100 baht. -- © Copyright A24 News Agency 2022-04-07 - Aetna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Whale Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 China will eat this place (and others in the region) in the next decade. And with a succession of corrupt governments nothing is going to stop it. 23 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guderian Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 I should imagine it will come down to taste more than price in the end. Thai garlic is sweet and mild, quite unlike the very strong, slightly astringent garlic we get in northern Europe. Whether this is down to the garlic type or the tropical climate I don't know, but few Thai recipes would work as well using the garlic I buy back home. I prefer Thai garlic as it's more difficult to use too much and spoil the dish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySeaman Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I love using Thai garlic when I cook. It is milder, less bitter, and the odor isn't overwhelming like what I got in the USA. I generally use more than called for in a recipe, taste, and frequently add even more the next time I cook that dish. By the way, the biggest sin in cooking with garlic occurs if you saute it too long. It should be added after everything else has finished being sauteed, just before dishing up or before you add liquid. Saute more than 30 seconds, with constant stirring, and you are burning the garlic and turning it bitter. If you see a chef on TV add add garlic and onions together before sauteing them, stop watching because they don't know how to cook with garlic properly. Broiled garlic is very similar in taste to roasted garlic. Bake or broil whole cloves in their paper skins in an oven or saute on a hot skillet until the paper skin burns and the cloves are soft and perfect for sauces. Broiled or roasted garlic take garlic aioli to a whole new level. Add whole pealed cloves to the meat dish you are roasting and the cooked cloves are delicious. Pealed whole cloves will give a soup or stew a mild garlic taste and are also delicious, which is something I discovered when eating boiled crayfish in Louisiana many years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 6 hours ago, webfact said: A greengrocer urged for stopping importing Chinese garlic since a kilogram of it is priced at about 80 baht, considerably lower than Thai prices which stood at 100 baht. Think it would take my wife a year to use up 1 KG of Garlic, I'd have no objection to the extra 1 baht a month to support the Thai farmers over the chinese 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHuaHin Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Was not there a report a few years back about Chinese garlic being bleached and containing acceptable levels of toxic chemicals, so much do that some Western countries had banned it? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 6 hours ago, webfact said: Lamphun/ Thailand - More than 25,000 Thai farmers who grow garlic in Thailand are demanding to stop importing it from China, whose garlic is considerably cheaper due to lower production costs. Free trade agreements and the belt & braces road not working out to well then? Som nam na. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BangkokReady Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 7 hours ago, webfact said: Lamphun/ Thailand - More than 25,000 Thai farmers who grow garlic in Thailand are demanding to stop importing it from China, whose garlic is considerably cheaper due to lower production costs. Wow. WHo would have thought that China would do the exact same thing it always does?!! ???? 6 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wombat Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 I find Chinese garlic tasteless in comparison to Thai grown. if there has been 0% import tax since 2003, its a bit late to realise that things are crook in Tallarook. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 6 hours ago, Guderian said: I should imagine it will come down to taste more than price in the end. Thai garlic is sweet and mild, quite unlike the very strong, slightly astringent garlic we get in northern Europe. Whether this is down to the garlic type or the tropical climate I don't know, but few Thai recipes would work as well using the garlic I buy back home. I prefer Thai garlic as it's more difficult to use too much and spoil the dish. Have you ever tasted fried garlic? I got a bag very cheap from Lazada and it taste great. They cook it in oil than let it dry out in the hot sun. There's no oily taste just a fried garlic taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davemos Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 At point of purchase how do you tell the difference ? All produce from Thailand needs to be labelled corectlly. Form a collective and market it as superior . 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 hours ago, HarrySeaman said: Saute more than 30 seconds, with constant stirring, and you are burning the garlic and turning it bitter. Yep ,nothing worse than burned garlic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubulat Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Guderian said: I should imagine it will come down to taste more than price in the end. Thai garlic is sweet and mild, quite unlike the very strong, slightly astringent garlic we get in northern Europe. Whether this is down to the garlic type or the tropical climate I don't know, but few Thai recipes would work as well using the garlic I buy back home. I prefer Thai garlic as it's more difficult to use too much and spoil the dish. Happens the same with the onions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Thais are going to have to get savvy......they will need to abandon production of anything the Chinese can supply and focus on products the Chinese can't grow/can't produce......they will wipe out the Thai produce in no time once the trader route is opened up by flooding the market. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Yep Thais don't like competition 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HappyinNE Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 My wife (Thai) and I (US) both love garlic. Whenever I cook i use three or four times the amount called for. I never cook a meal with less than four cloves. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 The countries that realize dependence on Chinese supply chains is setting them up for trade blackmail, and develop their own manufacturing capabilities again, will be better off economically. The countries that say business as usual will get swallowed up. While the Chinese proclaim the virtues of free trade to all and sundry, they do not hesitate to apply tariffs and other protection mechanisms to imported goods and services when it suits them. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DefaultName Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Get used to this, as long as the high ups keep crawling to China, more and more cheap imports will come, at the expense of local businesses. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swerve Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 IMHO Chinese garlic is an excellent product. This will be a problem for Thai garlic growers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Adumbration Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Fear not. When China moves on Taiwan shortly. It will demand allegiance from Thailand and all the other indebted belt and road countries. Cheap garlic will then be the very least of Thailand's worries. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post patman30 Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 11 hours ago, Whale said: China will eat this place (and others in the region) in the next decade. And with a succession of corrupt governments nothing is going to stop it. Exactly This???? Many here do not realise what is coming with the new railways, they would be better trying to start a "Buy Thai" campaign than asking any gov to step in, as that will never happen. alternative farming methods also needed for many here monocropping has destroyed the soil and they cannot compete better to grow diverse organic crops to avoid competing with China but that requires good soil which will take most a few years to get. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 hours ago, wombat said: I find Chinese garlic tasteless in comparison to Thai grown. I'm afraid Richard from England disagrees: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BangkokReady Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Excel said: Yep Thais don't like competition True. And the only mafia that is big enough to help is not on the side of the average Thai. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Triangle Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Garlic, the devils spawn, horrible stuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djayz Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, patman30 said: Exactly This???? Many here do not realise what is coming with the new railways, they would be better trying to start a "Buy Thai" campaign than asking any gov to step in, as that will never happen. alternative farming methods also needed for many here monocropping has destroyed the soil and they cannot compete better to grow diverse organic crops to avoid competing with China but that requires good soil which will take most a few years to get. Not to mention the ridiculous import tax on agricultural machinery here, which is badly needed to get the local farmers up to more productive and efficient levels. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 51 minutes ago, BangkokReady said: I'm afraid Richard from England disagrees: Help me out here. What part of England does that accent come from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BangkokReady Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, impulse said: Help me out here. What part of England does that accent come from? Minsk. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Golden Triangle said: Garlic, the devils spawn, horrible stuff. https://www.concordmonitor.com/Garlic-history-34999881 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Soikhaonoiken Posted April 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2022 Well Thailand, you will sleep with the enemy, and probably this will only be the start.... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xonax Posted April 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2022 The worlds Free Trade agreements with China benefits China way more, than the other way round. The worlds politicians must have received loads of brown (or maybe red) envelopes to sign these agreements. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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