Flooding in Samut Prakan hit the areas around Thai Agri Foods' plant, though the factory kept producing. Deputy PM Supachai Suthammaphan urged firms to prepare emergency plans with tiers, from normal conditions to worse-than-forecast cases, and to rehearse them regularly. Government offers help: the Department of International Trade Promotion can liaise with buyers and transport problems (sea, rail, road, air); the Department of Internal Trade can help source raw materials and link farmers via contract farming; the Department of Business Development offers online services if travel is restricted. Firms in flood-risk zones may be assessed by the ministry, so register issues early.