The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters fell by 14.8% year-on-year in the first seven months of 2020, in line with the country’s lower overall exports because of the pandemic. The Foreign Trade Department said yesterday the use of privileges under FTAs and the […]
Read MoreTAK: Cross-border cargo trade resumed over the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot on Monday morning after Covid-19 restrictions were eased. The lockdown imposed on two communities in the district will be lifted on Tuesday morning Movement of cargo between Thailand and Myanmar over the bridge, at Ban Wang Ta Khian in tambon Tha […]
Read MoreDeputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, who is also energy minister, has outlined strategies to boost national revenue next year in a bid to reinvigorate the economy in the fallout of Covid-19. He said the government will continue wooing targeted foreign investors to the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). The EEC has already made progress in […]
Read MoreThe central bank has just evaluated its debt clinic scheme, which offered a rate cut and debt moratorium from April to September, and the committee in charge of the project was satisfied with the outcome, Thanyanit Niyomkarn, Bank of Thailand (BOT) assistant governor, said on Saturday. About 94 per cent of retail debtors were still […]
Read MoreBilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand was worth $5.569 billion in the first nine months of this year, down 19 per cent compared to the same period last year, data from Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce show. Cambodian exports to Thailand were to the tune of $958 million, sliding 48 per cent, while imports were worth […]
Read MoreThe Public Health Ministry will make a list of low-risk countries for the Covid-19 pandemic, which will be submitted to the Interior Ministry to draw up criteria for further easing restrictions on entry of foreigners into the country. Government Spokesman Anuchai Burapachaisri said that the list would also be used to consider reduction of the […]
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