Coffee, Corn, Tapioca and Wheat Flour to Be Listed as Controlled Products Monday, January 26, 2009 12:00 AM        The Commission on Price and Services plans to list 4 additional items as controlled products to prevent monopolization and intervention in the government's pledging scheme. An additional 4 products will be listed by the Commission on Price and Services as controlled products, they include coffee, corn, tapioca and wheat flour, which will increase the number of controlled products and services to 40 items from the previous 36. The reason given for the need to list coffee and wheat flour as controlled products is due to an increase in local consumption of these goods with a restricted number of producers on the market, which arouses concerns regarding a monopoly, especially in the area of coffee. Measures for informing and transferring stocks might also be put in place. Corn for animal feed and tapioca will also be proposed as controlled products with measures introduced to limit the transfer in the border provinces, in order to solve the problems of smuggling agricultural products from neighboring countries for pledge schemes, which gives Thai farmers a market disadvantage. The Commission on Price and Services has previously listed garlic as a controlled product in order to solve the problem of smuggling garlic from China into Thailand. From http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/toc/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1011841 Friday, September 10, 2010 7:19 PM http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/