The Commerce Ministry's Department of Internal Trade (DIT) will closely monitor increases in vegetable prices, and pledges to come up with price-control measures.
Udom Srisomsong, DIT director-general, on Sunday said prices have been increasing due to floods in many provinces affecting the quality of produce and transport costs. "The Provincial Commercial Offices are ordered to keep a closer watch on prices and aim to provide enough vegetables to consumers at fair prices," he said.
Mr Udom said the DIT also plans to distribute more vegetables from the provinces unaffected by floods, such as Songkhla, Phuket, and Satun, via a central market to provide more alternatives to consumers.
