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China sugar import limits hit Thai-Myanmar trade
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/04/2018
» TAK: Trade value across the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border fell 9.8% in the first three months of this year after China imposed strict limits on sugar imports, affecting Thai sugar exports.
Falling farm prices, currency hit Thai-Myanmar trade
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/01/2018
» TAK: Trade value across the border with Myanmar border in Mae Sot district dropped more than 10% last year on falling prices in the agricultural sector and a drop in the value of the kyat.
Karen force threatens to close border
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/11/2016
» TAK: The leader of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has threatened to close the Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi and Tak provinces if Thai officials enforce official border-crossing hours on all routes, including paths used by gamblers.
Karen border guards threaten to shut frontier with Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 11/11/2016
» TAK - The leader of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has threatened to close the Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi and Tak provinces if Thai authorities enforce official border-crossing hours on all routes, including paths used by gamblers.
Oil exports via pipeline, boat to Myawaddy legalised
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 10/04/2015
» Authorities have legalised oil exports through pipelines and by boat across the Moei River from Thailand's Tak province to Myawaddy town of Myanmar to protect border trade.
Thai-Myanmar border trade resumes through Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/03/2015
» Myanmar soldiers reopened ports on the Moei River opposite Tak province to trade on Tuesday night after Thai authorities allowed oil exports to resume through pipelines to Myawaddy.
Blocked oil exports through Mae Sot raise border tension
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/03/2015
» A dispute over fuel export licences is causing tension on the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district of Tak, where police have blocked the flow of oil via a pipeline to Myawaddy, resulting in a fuel shortage there.
Thai SEZs could help border trade boom
Asia focus, Published on 26/01/2015
» As the Asean Economic Community (AEC) draws near, many countries in the region are adjusting their strategies to take advantage of growing border trade.
Chamber sees rosy future for cross-border business
Business, Published on 01/10/2013
» Thailand's border trade with neighbouring countries is on track to more than quadruple to 2 trillion baht in three years but greater acceptance of Asean currencies for trading in addition to the US dollar is crucial, say businessmen.