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Exporters worry over baht and minimum wage
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 26/02/2019
» Exporters are concerned with myriad risks -- a strengthening currency, a slower economy and the US-China trade war -- pressuring shipments this year, which are projected to grow by 3%.
Cross-border trade misses target, up 6%
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 26/01/2019
» Thailand fetched 1.4 trillion baht in 2018 from all cross-border trade, including transit trade, up 6% from the year before, but the figure fell short of the target.
GI product sales target set at B30bn
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/01/2019
» The government aims to raise sales from geographic indication (GI) products to more than 30 billion baht over the next five years, while ramping up linking GI locations to tourism schemes.
Border commerce targeted to grow 15% in 2019 to B1.6tr
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/12/2018
» The government has set a target to grow the country's overall border trade by 15% in the year to come to 1.6 trillion baht.
Commerce Ministry developing logistics support for online SMEs
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/12/2018
» The Commerce Ministry is introducing a logistics strategy and measures to help empower Thai small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to cope with a flood of overseas online providers.
Sowing the seeds of self-reliance
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 01/12/2018
» Wiwat Salyakamthorn, aka Ajarn Yak, made his name over the decades preaching to farmers the sufficiency philosophy conceived and developed by the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej to sustain Thailand's agricultural sector.
Border economies expected to retain high volumes
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 25/07/2018
» Thailand's border trade remains on course for healthy growth after rising 6.8% year-on-year in the first half of the year amid higher demand for Thai goods.
State keen to retain border trade growth
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/01/2018
» Thailand's border trade is expected to grow 10-14% this year from an estimated 1.6 trillion baht in 2017, driven by growing demand for Thai goods, underlining the importance of partnerships on trade and investment as well as working to improve trade with minor cities in neighbouring countries.
Disruptive tech to impact negotiations
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/01/2018
» With the arrival of disruptive technology, negotiators say trade talks will no longer centre on only tariff and non-tariff measures, social issues, labour, human rights and geopolitics, but also strategic partnerships in the services sector, intellectual property, value-added goods, technology transfers and human resource development.
DBD plans centre for job-matching
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 11/10/2017
» The Commerce Ministry's Department of Business Development (DBD) is planning a job-matching project as part of the government's drive to strengthen local businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).