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With floods behind, Japan reaffirms Thai commitment
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/01/2013
» Japan is committed to continuing forging industrial collaborations with Thailand and using the kingdom as a springboard to expand its investment in Asean particularly in the food, spa and lifestyle sectors.
Government running out of space to store pledged rice
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 14/01/2013
» The government is expected to have trouble finding enough space to hold its rice stocks, as millers are complaining that their warehouses are already nearly full.
7m tonnes under G2G deals planned for this year
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/01/2013
» The government vows to sell 7 million tonnes of its rice stocks this year through government-to-government (G2G) deals amid lingering concerns among rice exporters that the mission is impossible.
Rubber exports bounce back
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/01/2013
» Thai rubber exports will remain on the rise in 2013, with growth estimated at about 3-5% boosted by higher demand from emerging markets including China, India and Brazil.
Survey predicts bleak future for labour-intensive industries
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/12/2012
» Labour-intensive industries will face a bleak outlook next year, while hundreds of thousands of businesses, mostly small and medium-sized enterprises, will close due to higher production costs from both rising raw material prices and higher wages, says a new survey.
Export growth target set at 9%
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/12/2012
» The Commerce Ministry has set a tentative export growth target of 9% for next year, but effects from baht gains driven by the new US fiscal stimulus and from the domestic minimum wage hike may see that figure adjusted.
No growth for exports of shrimp
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 13/12/2012
» Thailand's shrimp exports will probably post no growth next year due to sluggish global demand, especially in Europe and the US.
Exports rise 16% in October amid flood recovery
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/11/2012
» Thai exports are expected to end this year at 4.5-5% growth after shipments climbed at the fastest pace in more than a year in October as the economy recovered from last year's floods and global demand improved.
Ministry to call for bids from rice exporters soon
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/11/2012
» The Commerce Ministry plans to sell 600,000 tonnes of newly harvested Hom Mali rice along with 500,000 tonnes of white rice in the next few months.
2013 GDP growth projection down
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/11/2012
» The Economic and Business Forecasting Centre of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce has forecast gross domestic product growth for 2013 at only 4.5%, the lowest in three years.