NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Seafood vendors in Bua Yai district say sales have dropped sharply following the outbreak of Covid-19 at a wholesale shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province. The atmosphere at Bua Yai municipal market was muted on Friday, particularly at seafood stalls. Seafood vendor Chakri Ketmai told the Bangkok Post that many of his regular customers were […]
Read MoreLaos has temporarily banned the import of fresh and frozen seafood from Thailand after a new wave of Covid-19 infections erupted from Samut Sakhon’s seafood market. Laos’s Industry and Commerce Ministry made the decision on Wednesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. The new measure is temporary and will stay in effect […]
Read MoreThe Commerce Ministry forecasts Thailand’s exports recovering to growth of 4% next year after a contraction of up to 7% this year. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office under the Commerce Ministry, said next year’s growth would be driven largely by food, products related to working from home, home appliances, healthcare, […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government has projected the country’s per capita gross domestic product (GDP) will reach $1,771 by the end of 2021, up from $1,600 this year, an anticipated increase of 10.6 percent. The projection was announced by the Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth while leading his team in defending the draft budget law […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: The surge in Covid-19 cases over the past month has resulted in a pullback of Malaysia’s consumer price index (CPI) in November. The CPI declined 1.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) last month to 120 points compared with 122.1 points in November 2019. It was a slight contraction compared with October which recorded 120.2 points or […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S factory output was back on track in November, after an earlier decline, as plants in the volatile pharmaceuticals segment roared to life. Industrial production surged by 17.9 per cent year on year, after a shock dip of 0.8 per cent in October, Economic Development Board (EDB) data showed on Thursday. Manufacturing performance, fuelled by […]
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