Steps capping wheat imports may be lifted
Domestic feed meal price up amid conflict
The government is mulling lifting measures to cap wheat imports after domestic feed meal prices surged because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said he ordered the secretary of the Maize Policy and Management Committee to hold an urgent meeting to review the measures that require importers to purchase domestic maize at a ratio of 1:3.
The government imposed a cap on wheat imports in 2016 with the aim of shoring up domestic maize and cassava prices.
The joint meeting between the permanent secretaries of the Commerce and…
