Gasohol E20 will become the primary petrol for the country early this month, requiring all petrol stations nationwide to carry the ethanol-blended fuel, says the Energy Business Department. Director-general Nantika Thangsuphanich said the department will discuss the scheduled enforcement of E20 with fuel traders and refineries. E20 was launched in Thailand over a decade ago […]
Read MoreInterest in the Myanmar property market is picking up now that prices have corrected and more affordable options of payment are available. Market observers also believe that continued reforms to the economy as well as implementation of legislation such as the Condominium Law 2016 and Condominium Rules 2017 can help support more interest in property. […]
Read MoreThailand’s cross-border trade plunged by 10.8% in the first month of this year, as the coronavirus outbreak dented the global economy and logistics services, particularly to southern China. On Thursday the Foreign Trade Department reported the country’s overall cross-border trade, including transit trade, totalled 86.1 billion baht, with Malaysia the biggest partner for border trade. Transit […]
Read MoreIndonesia may obtain more sugar from India to gratify domestic needs as local supplies are unlikely to be sufficient to meet demand this year. The Food Resilience Agency (BKP) has proposed to import 130,000 tons of white crystallized sugar to offset a delayed milling period due to severe drought in 2019, agency head Agung Hendriadi […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: AmInvestment Research has described the 2020 Economic Stimulus Package, launched by interim Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as a soothing balm to the rakyat, businesses and the economy as a whole, that have been affected by the recent Covid-19 outbreak. In its research note issued on Friday, it said the global epidemic […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Consumer prices for the country’s poorest households rose by 2.3 percent last January, driven by price hikes in food, housing and utilities as well as transportation, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. Growth in the consumer price index for bottom 30 percent of income households during the month was also faster […]
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