All sides agreed on the 45-baht price. For latex and cup lump, the prices will be lower.
"If the output is more than this [100,000 tonnes], we'll keep buying it. But this is an initial ground rule. Even though we haven't started buying yet, market prices have already risen," Gen Prawit said.
The price of raw sheets rose 0.86 baht to 36.05 baht a kg at the Songkhla market on Thursday while RSS3 climbed 1.61 baht to 39.39 baht and latex 0.50 baht to 33.50 baht respectively.