# Food Group: 20 Associations Urge Government to Ease Corn Imports as Prices Rise

> Twenty feed-user associations asked Thailand's government to convene the corn policy committee urgently and temporarily relax corn and wheat import ratios from 3:1 to 2:1 for February to August 2027. Domestic corn prices have risen from 9.9 baht/kg at end-September to 11 baht/kg in early November, against a 9.80 baht/kg reference price, while US-quota imports lag.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-04T07:37:19.544Z
- Category: policy · region Thailand · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/79414-food-group-20-associations-urge-government-to-ease-corn-imports-as-prices-rise
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter Thai domestic corn supply and a possible import-ratio easing would lift corn and wheat import demand into 2027, supporting regional feed prices. Users hold about 2-3 months of stock, so near-term cost impact is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-03-25 | [Higher grain prices impact government program payments - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42342-higher-grain-prices-impact-government-program-payments-high-plains-journal.md) | +3.5% | +8.4% |
| CORN | 2023-11-17 | [China fertilizer group calls for export cuts to stabilize prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33090-china-fertilizer-group-calls-for-export-cuts-to-stabilize-prices.md) | -1.2% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2022-03-23 | [Diammonium Phosphate Prices Growing Twice in the US as Russia Implies Export Restrictions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42572-diammonium-phosphate-prices-growing-twice-in-the-us-as-russia-implies-export.md) | +1.2% | +9.9% |
| CORN | 2021-01-04 | [Biofuel groups urge Biden to maintain RFS but embrace new policies \| 2021-01-04  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49022-biofuel-groups-urge-biden-to-maintain-rfs-but-embrace-new-policies-2021-01-04.md) | +5.3% | +17.8% |
| CORN | 2020-04-29 | [Bank forecasts rise in food prices next month](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9191-bank-forecasts-rise-in-food-prices-next-month.md) | +2.5% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-12 | [Export bans, restrictions: How government is trying to keep food prices in check ahead of elections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30688-export-bans-restrictions-how-government-is-trying-to-keep-food-prices-in-check.md) | -0.7% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2023-12-08 | [Ban on onion exports, curbs on wheat stocks as govt. battles rising food prices \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32650-ban-on-onion-exports-curbs-on-wheat-stocks-as-govt-battles-rising-food-prices.md) | -4.0% | +1.2% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-16 | [Grain prices rise as concern grows for UK crops - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55149-grain-prices-rise-as-concern-grows-for-uk-crops-farmers-weekly.md) | -0.2% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- innovestx.co.th: https://www.innovestx.co.th/cafeinvest/th/articles/food-news-20261104

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