Thailand’s Commerce Ministry Maintains Price Controls for 55 Items

Thailand’s Commerce Ministry has retained its price control on 55 products and service items including medical face masks, a synthetic fiber used as a raw material to make medical face masks, alcohol and alcohol-based hand sanitizer, and recyclable paper.

The meeting of the Central Committee on the Prices of Goods and Services chaired by Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit on Wednesday decided to maintain the price control list for 55 items, 50 of which are products and five services. The list is scheduled to be proposed for cabinet approval next week.

According to Mr Jurin, the committee also agreed to a maximum retail price for medical face masks of 2.50 baht apiece, excluding face masks made of cloth. The government has adopted a policy to promote people using cloth  masks instead of medical face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

He said measures to regulate face masks…