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B2tn cross-border trade targeted by 2027
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/08/2024
» The Commerce Ministry is targeting 2 trillion baht in cross-border trade by 2027, following a 10.4% increase in exports via the Sadao checkpoint in the first half of this year.
Trade talks with Malaysia feature new joint projects
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/07/2024
» Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai attended the third joint trade committee (JTC) meeting between Thailand and Malaysia on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur.
Drive to reopen border checkpoints with Laos
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/04/2024
» Thailand is holding talks with Laos to expedite the reopening of border checkpoints to facilitate border trade and tourism between the two countries.
Government unveils plan to invigorate cross-border trade
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/02/2024
» The government set a goal of reviving cross-border trade including transit trade this year after the value contracted by 2.6% in 2023 from the previous year to 1.7 trillion baht.
Cabinet okays 18 southern projects
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 24/01/2024
» The mobile cabinet on Tuesday approved 18 new development projects with a total budget of 552 million baht for six southern provinces on the Andaman Coast.
Land Bridge project to benefit all southerners, Srettha says
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/01/2024
» RANONG: The government is confident that its 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge megaproject will bring substantial benefits to the entire southern region, not just the province, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin insisted on Monday.
Ministry to roll out discount campaigns
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/12/2023
» Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has vowed to roll out 30 billion baht worth of discount campaigns next year to reduce the cost of living.
Ministry sets 2024 export growth target at 1.99%
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/11/2023
» The Commerce Ministry has set an export growth target for 2024 of 1.99% to roughly US$288 billion or 10 trillion baht.
Longan harvest down
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/08/2023
» Thailand's longan production in eight northern provinces is expected to see a drop of 40-50% this year due to severe hot weather and a reduction in the growing areas by farmers after prices dropped significantly over the past 2-3 years during the pandemic, which discouraged them from planting the crop.
Farm losses increase despite state support
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/07/2023
» Despite government subsidies, Thai farmers are the poorest in Asia and Asean, with average losses of 2,000 baht per rai and higher debts over the last 10 years.