The value of Thai food exports is projected to grow by 8% this year to reach US$26 billion thanks to more value-added food items and higher global demand. Malee Choklumlerd, director-general of the International Trade Promotion Department, said Thailand shipped about $24 billion worth of food last year, or about 840 billion baht, which made […]
Read MorePlatinum Group Plc, a fashion wholesale centre operator in Pratunam, will allocate 5 billion baht on a new wholesale project to be launched by 2021 in a bid to push the district to become the largest wholesale hub in Asean. President Chanchai Phansopha said the project will not only involve wholesale clothing, but other products […]
Read MoreThailand is expected to export 10,000 tonnes of long-grain white rice to Mexico soon after receiving a free import tariff quota from the Mexican government, says Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn. Mrs Apiradi said Mexico recently allowed zero tariff for 150,000 tonnes of imported long-grain white rice from March 2 to Dec 31 this year, as […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH – Settlement of compensation claims for 50 families living alongside a kilometre of rail track in the border town of Poipet threatens to delay the opening of a new rail service between Cambodia and Thailand. Ly Borin, under-secretary of state at the Transport Ministry and director of Cambodia’s Railway Restoration Project, said officials […]
Read MoreThe government will extend anti-dumping tariffs on steel pipes from China and South Korea and coiled and uncoiled hot-rolled steel from Brazil, Iran and Turkey until May 15 to protect the local industry. According to Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn, who chaired a meeting of the anti-dumping and countervailing duties committee earlier this month, the panel […]
Read MoreThailand is set to sign 16 partnership deals with Cambodia during this week’s trade delegation visit led by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn said five of the deals will be signed by government-to-government units and the remaining 11 will be between private-sector bodies. She said the Commerce Ministry’s International Trade Promotion […]
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