THAILAND’s Deputy Prime Minister/Agriculture Minister Yukol Lim-laemthong encourages reduced production cost amidst declining rubber price. Yukol confirmed that last year’s export value of Thailand’s rubber fell, despite increasing the export quantity of the commodity to 3.2 million tonnes. The stagnant…
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