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Production cost steady amid higher power bills

A vendor arranges fresh produce at a market. Fresh food prices remain stable, similar to the previous week.

Prices of fresh food remain stable and electricity bills have yet to impact manufacturers’ production costs, according to the Internal Trade Department.

Chakra Yodmani, the department’s deputy director-general, said on Friday the department has been monitoring higher electricity prices as the increase had some analysts concerned about whether this would affect production costs.

The cost of electricity from May to August is expected to dip to 4.70 baht per unit for businesses, down from more than 5 baht a unit during January to April this year.

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