Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of His Majesty the Kings accession to the throne will be celebrated with yellow shirts bearing the royal insignia.
But there is shortage of shirts and Commerce Ministry has decided to arrange production of extra 500,000 yellow shirts to meet rising demand and avoid black marketing.
These shirts will be sold at 200-205 baht each.
Internal Trade Department has approached the office of His Majestys principal secretary to distribute more shirts.
Price of special yellow fabric has gone up from 125,000-130,000 a ton to 180,000-200,000 baht a ton, informed Somsak Jarumpornsakul, owner of Araya Garment.
This huge demand has generated following government announcement that civil servants must wear yellow shirts to work during the celebration time, which ends on June 15.
