News Forum - Merchants ask government to import pork as local prices surge

[Thaiger]

Have you noticed that many Thai street vendors have upped their price for pork dishes by around 5 baht? Some have even stopped selling pork dishes altogether. The price of pork has surged in Thailand and many merchants are now demanding the government to import pork quickly to control the fluctuating prices. They say the high prices are pushing away consumers, and they are failing to make ends meet. A pork merchant in Bangkok’s Huai Khwang market told the Bangkok Post that if the government won’t step in and help, the price of pork will be sold at 300 baht […]

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[Marble-eye]

Makro was selling belly pork a couple of months ago for 180 BAHT a kilo, now it is 220 baht. 

Edited January 10, 2022 by Marble-eye

[Shade_Wilder]

"Lastly, the government spokesperson said this past Sunday that this has nothing to do with rumours surrounding the outbreak of African swine fever, which the Department of Livestock is closely monitoring."

When Thai authorities go out of their way to deny something, that is almost always the real truth.

 

[NCC1701A]

think i will go out and buy a few cans of pig snouts. 

might be able to trade them for condoms at some future date. 

 

[HiuMak]

Hyper-Inflation is on its way

[Chatogaster]

Why deny one potential cause instead of explaining the actual cause?

Humans are curious and imaginative creatures; if curiosity is not satisfied, imagination steps up (and before long paranoia contributes its opinions):

Has there been a drought (shortage of hay etc.)? Is there a lack of cheap laborers? More demand for export? Bankruptcies in the supply chain? Signs of a recession ahead? (and there are many minds out there that can come up with a much longer and more creative list)

[Jason]

More than enough pork in Australia....please import some

[Dedinbed]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Thai street vendors have upped their price for pork dishes by around 5 baht?

Balls to that I say .. 

[cowslip]

a certain irony that in UK, there is a surplus of live pigs as there is no one to slaughter them thanks t Brexit. 

It has always puzzled me how dismissive the UK is of Thailand as a potential trading ally.....and it looks as if there has been a missed opportunity here.