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Herb sellers told not to price gouge
published :
20 Jul 2021 at 04:00
A vegetable vendor sells fresh produce at a fresh market in Nonthaburi. Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
Vendors could face up to seven years in jail or a fine of not more than 140,000 baht or both if they gouge prices of medicinal herbs, warned the Internal Trade Department.
The department s warning came after a surge in demand for medicinal herbs such as white galingale, ginger, galangal, kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass.
For example, the price of white galingale at Rama V fresh market was quoted at 150-170 baht per kilogramme, a rise from 80-90 baht per kg in the same period last year, while ginger was 100 baht per kg, up from 70-80 baht per kg. ....

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