{"id":552380,"date":"2026-03-22T02:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552380\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T02:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T02:32:23","slug":"six-essentials-face-tighter-price-controls-as-thailand-moves-to-curb-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552380\/","title":{"rendered":"Six essentials face tighter price controls as Thailand moves to curb costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six essential items to require permission before any price increase<\/p>\n<p>To help manage living costs and prevent consumers from being exploited, the Department of Internal Trade is preparing to invoke powers under the Price of Goods and Services Act 1999 to strengthen controls on regulated and essential goods.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of requiring operators merely to notify authorities of price changes, the department plans to require them to seek approval before raising prices each time. The proposed measure will cover six product categories:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\ttoilet paper and facial tissue&#13;<br \/>\n\tshampoo&#13;<br \/>\n\twashing powder and liquid detergent&#13;<br \/>\n\tdishwashing products&#13;<br \/>\n\tsanitary pads&#13;<br \/>\n\tsoap&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing involving relevant state agencies will be held next week before the proposal is submitted to the Central Committee on the Price of Goods and Services, chaired by the commerce minister, for approval.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Six essentials face tighter price controls as Thailand moves to curb costs\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>Tighter checks on cooking gas and warehouse law changes to prevent hoarding<\/p>\n<p>On the enforcement front, the Department of Internal Trade has ordered strict implementation of weights and measures laws to inspect the volume of cooking gas filled at packing plants and retail outlets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In addition, it is considering amendments to laws governing warehouses, silos and cold storage facilities so that they also cover operators\u2019 own storage facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed changes, businesses would be required to report stock data so that officials could verify actual inventory volumes in the system, helping to prevent hoarding and speculative stockpiling while ensuring adequate supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Internal Trade will continue to monitor the situation closely and is ready to act immediately if it finds opportunistic and unjustified price increases, in order to ensure fairness and maintain price stability,\u201d Wittayakorn said.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public who spot hoarding or unfair pricing practices are urged to report them immediately via the DIT hotline on 1569.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wittayakorn reiterated the department\u2019s commitment to maintaining price stability and supporting the public during the current situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six essential items to require permission before any price increase To help manage living costs and prevent consumers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45,49,48,30115,25204,10262,46,92180,3592,214372],"class_list":["post-552380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-commerce-ministry","tag-consumer-goods","tag-cost-of-living","tag-economy","tag-essential","tag-thailand","tag-the-department-of-internal-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}