"Commerce" is not complacent, going to the area of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. Follow the mangosteen situation and listen to demands from farmers Ready to coordinate with entrepreneurs, exporters, and collectors to buy more produce during this period. and accelerate distribution to destination markets Both local department stores and mobile commerce help release production in another way. Revealing that this period is the end of the season. The quality of the produce has decreased, with black or hard flowers increasing. The president of the large plot of Nakhon Si Thammarat confirmed that mangosteen, 8 baht per kilogram, is a discarded grade.
Mr. Kornit Nonjui, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade, revealed that the department has visited the area. A group of mangosteens showing off their fruits Cha-uat District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province To listen to the problems of mangosteen farmers suffering from falling mangosteen prices, the department confirmed that it was not complacent at all. Therefore, he went to the area to monitor the situation and listen to the demands of fellow farmers. We have also coordinated with entrepreneurs, exporters, and collectors to buy more produce during this period. Including accelerating the opening of more destination points at both local department stores. and commercial mobile To help release the production and give farmers confidence that the price of mangosteen will be stable until the end of the season.
As for the inspection of mangosteen that some farmers threw away, Received a report from the Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Commercial Office that It's a mangosteen at the end of the production season. Where the quality of the product has decreased, the mangosteen has fallen off grade, the flowers are black or hard, and most of the grades must be discarded. which has a greater quantity and resulted in the price decreasing. But the department confirmed that it would continue to take full care of it. and from coming to take care of fellow farmers As a result, the purchasing price of mangosteen remains stable. The current purchase price is outside the auction group: total grades are 30-35 baht/kilogram (kg.), mixed grades are 20-25 baht/kg., while the auction group price is 35-40 baht/kg for large grades, small grades are 35-40 baht/kg. 20-28 baht/kg. Large pattern grade 25-30 baht/kg. Small grade plus flower 17-20 baht/kg. and black grade 15-15.10 baht/kg.
However, earlier during the southern mangosteen production season The Department has coordinated with entrepreneurs, exporters, and collectors to purchase southern mangosteen through various mechanisms, including entering into contracts for a quantity of 27,450 tons, opening sales points nationwide, 220 points at local department stores and 100 points at mobile commerce. A total quantity of 1,000 tons was purchased and during the period the price decreased. We have continuously coordinated with entrepreneurs, collectors and exporters to purchase mangosteen. To maintain the price level in the auction group and directly from farmers. which results As a result, the price of mangosteen has remained stable until now.
Second Lieutenant Arun Bunwong, president of the large mangosteen plot in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, said that this year the quality of mangosteen has problems. Due to the unfavorable weather conditions and very dry weather, the mangosteens that were intended to be grade AB turned out to be undergraded, accounting for 20% of the total production. From the beginning there was only 5%, thanks to the Department of Internal Trade who brought entrepreneurs in to help buy from the beginning until now. It is considered to be past the peak period. It's the end of the last season.
“There is news about farmers who threw away the mangosteen because there was only 8 baht per kilogram left. It was a low grade mangosteen, that is, all types of mangosteen were included, not of good quality. If you selected them, you could only get half. Which has been suggested before to be careful. Because if the mangosteen that was stored dropped Or those that cannot be eaten, put them up for sale as well. The buyer sends them to the warehouse. A lot were eliminated. When the quality is not good, the price goes down and the price of good children goes down as well. As for the price in the auction group now Farmers can still receive it. The price is somewhat lower. It's according to market mechanisms. It is now the end of the season. The produce may be of poor quality. There is no problem bidding in a group. The problem is the small merchants who do not join the group. But the Department of Internal Trade Always trying to come help. Now he has come to help take care of him,” Lieutenant Arun said. .
Source: Thai News Agency