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Inflation falls for sixth month in a row
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/10/2025
» Thailand's headline consumer price index fell for a sixth consecutive month in September, declining by 0.72% year-on-year, but the country has yet to encounter a recession, says the Commerce Ministry.
Panel to revive economy
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 29/10/2024
» A joint state-private committee will be set up to come up with measures to address the country's economic problems and boost GDP growth, according to the chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC), Sanan Angubolkul.
Private sector wants economic stimulus ahead of New Year
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/10/2024
» Representatives of the private sector's Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking met Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra at Government House on Monday and asked for economic stimulation measures to boost consumer spending ahead of the New Year festival.
Council to extend biofuel subsidies by two years
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/09/2022
» The National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) has approved a proposal to extend a price subsidy programme for fuel oil mixed with biofuel for another two years, after an associated plan to gradually decrease subsidies over the past two years has yet to be achieved.
EEC gets nod for free trade zone on Airport City land
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/08/2022
» The cabinet yesterday approved the allocation of 1,032 rai of land in the Eastern Airport City project to create a free-trade zone within the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), in a move to attract investors and businesspeople.
Shippers upbeat on 2021, though headwinds loom
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 06/04/2021
» The Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC) maintains its forecast of 3-4% export growth this year though the traffic slowdown at the Suez Canal and political unrest in Myanmar are threatening to affect 2021 exports.
A step in the right direction
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/04/2019
» Sumpan Kiatsommart, president of Basini Enterprise, which makes shoes for export, decided 15 years ago to set up a second factory near the Three Pagodas Pass in Sangkhla Buri district, Kanchanaburi, to avoid a labour shortage.
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.