3,000 purchasing points set up nationwide to buy rubber



BANGKOK: As a short-term relief of rubber farmers' suffering from low rubber prices, the government yesterday decided to set up 3,000 purchasing points across the country to buy rubber from farmers.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Mr Surapol Jarupong said following his meeting with core leaders of rubber farmers of Thailand’s northern and northeastern provinces that the Rubber Authority of Thailand had agreed to buy 100,000 tons of all type of rubber products directly from 2,000 farmers in the South and 1,000 farmers in the northern and northeastern regions.

The rubber will be sold to manufacturing factories, which will in turn sell finished products such as mattresses, gloves and tyres to the government, he said.

However, the government has put the limit of 150 kilograms that each rubber farmer will be able to sell to the government and rubber purchases will kick off on January 25.

Meanwhile director-general of the Department of Rural Roads Mr Pisak Jitviriyavasin said that eight asphalt producers had agreed to buy rubber latex to use in their existing road construction projects in response to the government’s price support scheme.

The producers have agreed to buy rubber latex at the price of 45 baht per kilo from the RAOT, where the cost price stands at 36 baht. All sides concerned have also agreed to prepare warehouse for increased rubber supplies.

Army spokesman Winthai Suvaree said that Army chief Gen Theerachai Nakvanich had instructed Army agencies concerned to prepare to use rubber based on each agency’s needs to help shore up the domestic rubber price.

He said the Thai Army will buy latex from planters to produce defense equipments and medical supplies to use in the army hospital.

Natural rubber will be bought for different purposes such as as mixtures for road construction as well as latex mattresses, pillows, shoes and gloves for officers, he said.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/3000-purchasing-points-set-up-nationwide-to-buy-rubber

-- Thai PBS 2016-01-16

Soft landings in play areas and sports fields for all Goverment schools in Thailand.

I never heard of an "Army" in the manufacturing industry of rubber products before ? Rubber bullets maybe...

They could use the latex to line the padded cells they need for the fruitcakes who run this nut house.

The article makes no sense.

3000 purchase points

3000 total farmers

Uh, no.

Had the rice scam now the rubber scam. These idiots never learn.

And a limit of less than 7k for each farmer. 150kg x 45

The article makes no sense.

3000 purchase points

3000 total farmers

Uh, no.

Beavis and Butthead should stage a coup.

Oh wait, they already have.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Mr Surapol Jarupong said following his meeting with core leaders of rubber farmers of Thailand’s northern and northeastern provinces that the Rubber Authority of Thailand had agreed to buy 100,000 tons of all type of rubber products directly from 2,000 farmers in the South and 1,000 farmers in the northern and northeastern regions.

Alternatively...

Spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Mr Surapol Jarupong said following his meeting with core leaders of rubber rice farmers of Thailand’s northern and northeastern provinces that the Rubber Rice Authority of Thailand had agreed to buy 100,000 tons of all type of rubber rice products directly from 2,000 farmers in the South and 1,000 farmers in the northern and northeastern regions.

Yingluck's lawyers please take note.

The article makes no sense.

3000 purchase points

3000 total farmers

Uh, no.

Yep, and 3000 farmers limited to 150kgs each accounts for just under 500 tons !

Nonsense article......or plenty of scope for opportunism !

The article makes no sense.

3000 purchase points

3000 total farmers

Uh, no.

Yep, and 3000 farmers limited to 150kgs each accounts for just under 500 tons !

Nonsense article......or plenty of scope for opportunism !

I'm assuming the article meant that there would be 2000 purchasing points in the South and 1,000 in the North, but this article came from "Thai PBS, The Broadcaster You Can Trust", so there you go.

So to stop the rubber farmers from hanging themselves this week they can now get a whopping 7000 Baht less transportation costs. What about next week?