Thai Cabinet approves milk price hikes

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Cabinet approves milk price hikes

BANGKOK, 25 November 2014 (NNT) - The Cabinet has agreed to increase the buying price of cow’s milk from 18 baht to 19 baht and the median price of school milk by 0.21 baht/carton. The price increase of school milk will be effective in the second semester of 2014.

Deputy Government Spokesman Maj.Gen. Sansern Kaeokamnerd said the Cabinet on Tuesday approved the request for cow’s milk and school milk price increases made by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. The price hike for cow’s milk will be effective on the day the Ministry of Commerce allows commercial milk producers to increase dairy product prices in the market.

As for the price increase of school milk, pasteurized milk will be increased from 6.37 baht/carton to 6.58 baht/carton, UHT from 7.61 baht/carton to 7.82 baht/carton and powdered milk from 7.51 baht/bag to 7.72 baht/bag.


-- NNT 2014-11-26

[chooka]

Milk is already more expensive in Thailand than Australia and they have less overheads to produce it. I guess the junta is trying to discourage Thais from drinking milk.

[clockman]

Dutch Mill, cannot be called milk! Powdered water more like.

[worgeordie]

Its even more expensive here than in the UK,so someone is making

a nice profit,I thought the Govt. was trying to keep prices of food down,

the price of Foremost milk at Makro seems to be different every week

i go,

regards Worgeordie

[daveAustin]

It is indeed more expensive than in England, and that stuff back home is 100% milk without the addition of lots of water.

[ezzra]

Its even more expensive here than in the UK,so someone is making

a nice profit,I thought the Govt. was trying to keep prices of food down,

the price of Foremost milk at Makro seems to be different every week

i go,

regards Worgeordie

As with most over priced items here in Thailand, the middle men, i.e. the facilitators, the go between,

the village heads and other government meddlers are demanding, and getting their cut, hence the

silly price to the consumer...

I wouldn't mined to pay extra for real milk and not this whey water mixed with milk powder...

[Bob12345]

It is indeed more expensive than in England, and that stuff back home is 100% milk without the addition of lots of water.

And back home the sugar content (milk sugar) is also only half (4%) making it much healthier.

[Cpkt8]

What will happen to the children?

[pomchop]

Milk, Listerine, and wine......all WAY WAY more expensive in Thailand than USA. Somebody is making a very tidy profit on these three.

[Loles]

Yes, this is a great idea as usually.

Make higher price for the milk BUT keep the cheap ethyl - alcohol (Thai, Lao whiskey)prices in low level.

Than you may start to cry, tammai .... ?

[KIWIBATCH]

how can they even call that shit milk...it is not milk.....it is white coloured water

[slapout]

Ask CP who made this proposal? They are heavly involved in dary farming as well as pig production, chicken/egg production they sell feeds to their contract farms, dictate the purchase price of both to the farmer and the produce price paid to farmer. Then to cap it off, add in the many retail outlets, wholesale buyers/middlemen etc in the daisy chain from producer, importer of questionable product from China, price paid to feed producers in Thailand and you have a modern day ''robber baron'' alive, well and prospering while the poor are held by the shot curlies.

[meatboy]

the increase is to help vendors who sell coffee and milk shakes.

[hughben]

I stopped drinking milk in 2011 as I am not a baby cow.

Got Milk? Might Not Be Doing You Much Good

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/upshot/got-milk-might-not-be-doing-you-much-good.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2&abt=0002&abg=1

[masuk]

Milk is already more expensive in Thailand than Australia and they have less overheads to produce it. I guess the junta is trying to discourage Thais from drinking milk.

Milk in Australia is a miserable price and many dairy farmers have quit the business. The supermarkets and their monopolies are copping most of the blame.

There are no subsidies at all in Oz for farm products. How about in Thailand? Do the dairy farmers get any assistance?

Milk consumption here in Thailand is extremely low, and the average is 8 litres per year, and that probably takes into account us farangs, in our milk, cheese, yoghurt purchases.

I don't mind paying an extra baht or so a litre if it's going to help the dairy farmers.

[lildragon]

I love milk and wish I could drink it more often but it is so damn expensive here. Although I can kind of understand as the demand for milk in western countries is much higher so the prices (and quality) can be lowered.

[AGareth2]

I love milk and wish I could drink it more often but it is so damn expensive here. Although I can kind of understand as the demand for milk in western countries is much higher so the prices (and quality) can be lowered.

it is cheaper than beer!

[jamiesilver]

Milk is expensive? seriously?

[BritManToo]

25bht/l for raw milk from the dairy in CM.