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Thailand Post offers global fish delivery
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 13/10/2025
» Thailand Post has partnered with the Fisheries Department to launch its first express delivery service for transporting ornamental fish to international markets, in a bid to strengthen Thailand's position as a global ornamental fish hub.
Tallying the tariff trade-offs
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Lamonphet Apisitniran and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/08/2025
» The 19% US reciprocal tariff on Thai goods could offer some much-needed relief for businesses in Thailand, as this rate aligns with the regional average.
Retail sector still sensitive
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 11/03/2024
» Despite higher tourist spending and tax incentives to spur purchases, Thailand's retail industry remains fragile, with an influx of substandard goods from China piling pressure on local entrepreneurs.
China says it will remove tariffs on Australian barley
AFP, Published on 04/08/2023
» BEIJING: China said Friday it will remove extra tariffs on Australian barley, in the latest thawing of ties between the two after years of tensions.
English winemakers toast summer heatwaves
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» APPLEDORE (UNITED KINGDOM) - Under a blue sky, seasonal workers ran their secateurs along long rows of grapevines, harvesting a variety of pinot noir grown during the summer heatwave.
Big Taiwanese telecom ventures to Thailand
Published on 30/09/2022
» Chunghwa Telecom elevates 5G technology to enhance the country’s competitiveness and facilitate life
Ministry eyes B42bn in GI product sales
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/08/2022
» The Commerce Ministry pledges to continue promoting geographical indication (GI) products, aiming to raise sales of GI products including exports to more than 42 billion baht this year from 39 billion baht in 2021.
BBGI allots B83m for Biom startup
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/05/2022
» BBGI Plc, the biotechnology arm of Bangchak Corporation Plc, has injected 83 million baht into Biom Co, a startup spun off from Chulalongkorn University, in a move to commercialise new bio-based products that aim to alleviate decades-long concerns over contaminated vegetables and fruit in the Thai market.
Khao Yai eyes export fillip with EU wine application
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/01/2022
» Thailand is preparing to submit geographical indication (GI) applications in Europe for wine made in Khao Yai to increase wine exports.
Year of Turbulence
Asia focus, Asia Focus Team, Published on 27/12/2021
» Pandemic drags on recovery: In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many Asian countries had enviable success, avoiding large-scale outbreaks and mass deaths. But the arrival of the more transmissible Delta variant this year and sluggish vaccine rollouts compounded by low availability sent cases surging. Combined with poor monitoring and easy movement among countries, often unofficially, Southeast Asia became a virus hotspot. The ballooning health crisis collided with churning political discontent in the case of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Economically, the new wave of infections, and attendant restrictions imposed to curb the spread, stalled recoveries. After nearly two years of strict border controls, many countries started to loosen up and live with Covid. But the rise of the Omicron variant now threatens to scuttle those tentative reopening plans and usher in a third year of economic anxiety.