Food processors urge tariff waiver on metals
Prices for tin, steel up more than 80%
Thai food processors and the Thai Chamber of Commerce have called for an extension of anti-dumping (AD) duty waivers on tin plate and tin-free steel, used widely in canned food, for at least six months to help offset the impact of rising steel prices and their production costs.
Visit Limlurcha, honorary president of the Thai Food Processors Association and vice-chairman of the chamber, said the two organisations plan to send a letter to Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit this week to ask him to consider extending the…
