The Commerce Ministry’s Department of Internal Trade (DIT) is gearing up to provide assistance to shrimp farmers in the wake of the 14-day lockdown in Samut Sakhon, a major seafood production base for seafood products, to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Wattanasak Sur-iam, the department’s director-general, said that based on talks with concerned parties, including health officials and those in the shrimp supply chain, there is a daily excess of 100 tonnes of shrimps to be managed.
Following the lockdown in the province, shrimp farmers are concerned about where to sell their products.
Mr Wattanasak said the DIT will find new markets for shrimp farmers to sell their…
