According to the recent news in Thailand, the harvest of oil palm had already been started in domestic Thailand. The Thai Government will not allow importing more palm oil in the near future. The vice-premier indicated in Thailand that the output of crude palm oil will amount to 150,000 tons this month in domestic Thailand. The refiners purchase domestic crude palm oil and produce palm oil for household. Then the refiners can obtain subsidies of 4.5 baht/kilogram. At the same time The Thai Government must guarantee the refiners under the subsidy project purchase 40,000 tons domestic crude palm oil.
At present, the imports of crude palm oil are 60,000 tons. A half of them enjoy the subsidy.
