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Jul 20

Sugar and Egg Prices Surge

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Tuesday 20th July, 2010 at 22:05:24| Words: 88 words | Category: News Photos

A Thai egg shop owner arranges eggs as a shopper picks one at a market in Bangkok, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Bangkok's ubiquitous street food vendors who feed millions of the Thai capital's residents each day are being hit by surging costs for sugar after a government failure to ensure adequate supplies of the sweetener forced Thailand to import it for the first time in 30 years. Eggs are becoming much more expensive too after fewer layer hens were imported in a deliberate move by producers to push up prices. (AP)





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