Thailand’s durian depots spent the last two years solving a price-dispute problem: proving what a farmer was quoted, on which day, for which lot. Rubber and palm oil depots are about to face a harder version of the same question — except the person asking won’t be a farmer at payout time. It’ll be an EU customs officer, and the penalty for a wrong answer isn’t an argument. It’s a fine of up to 4% of EU turnover, seized goods, and a market access ban.
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