Pig farmers are calling on responsible authorities to take serious action to tackle pork smuggling, pointing out that the amount of smuggled pork has increased and could result in severe damage to total domestic pig farming in the fourth quarter.
BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Grocery shopping in Thailand these days involves more careful thinking and calculating for shoppers like insurance agent Piyanan Laohabut, who has watched the prices of pork products rise steadily in the last few months.
More pork imports are being mulled as another option to curb the problem of rapidly escalating pork prices, the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand (SRAT) says.