Cross-border e-commerce whets the appetite of millions of Chinese consumers for Thailand’s fresh fruits, including “Monthong” durian, which is not easy to find in the Chinese market when cross-border e-commerce didn’t rise between China and Thailand, according to an article run by Xinhua news agency.
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that it will adopt seven measures to soften the impact of the US suspension of trade benefits for the Southeast Asian country.
The US has suspended duty-free treatment of certain Thai products amid the two countries’ tension on Thailand’s ban of three toxic agricultural chemicals.
A free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) would boost Thailand’s exports and gross domestic product (GDP), according to a study conducted by the Institute of Future Studies for Development (IFD).
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has come up with four strategies to boost exports in 2020, including plans to expand existing major markets such as ASEAN, the European Union, the US, Japan, and China.
China has high demand for fruits but new measures are needed to encourage Vietnamese exporters to ship their fruits officially to China rather than through border trade, a recent seminar heard in Ben Tre province.
Thailand's e-commerce market value is expected to surge to 13 billion USD by 2025 from 3 billion USD in 2018 on the back of strong global demand for Thai products.
A total of 150 Vietnamese businesses and 250 others from Thailand are displaying their products at an exhibition that opened in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on May 31.
The Thai Ministry of Commerce is promoting the export of the country's products to secondary cities in foreign countries, such as Wakayama in Japan from which key companies are invited to attend the THAIFEX - World of Food Asia event for business negotiations.
The Minister of Commerce has invited delegates from a major shopping mall in Okinawa, Japan, for business negotiations in Thailand to promote the sale of Thailand’s innovative farm products in Japan.
Thailand’s export of fresh, chilled, frozen, and dried fruit and vegetables in the first two months this year has grown from 2018 at 46.85 percent, expected to reach annual growth of 30-40 percent worth 4 billion USD.
Thailand's Ministry of Commerce has registered more than 100 products for Geographical Indication (GI), representingg over four billion baht in commercial value, following the Prime Minister’s policy to create value-added local products.
The Thai Ministry of Commerce is organising the 63rd Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair as a trading platform that brings together businesses involved in the gem and jewelry industry from around the world to expand their operations in procuring raw materials, trading and building networks.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Expedia Group have signed an agreement on collaboration, aiming to reach a 20 percent growth in tourism income in secondary provinces by 2020.
The Mini Thailand Week 2018 kicked off in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 6 with 123 booths, as part of the cooperation activities to promote trade between Vietnamese and Thai enterprises.
A delegation of 30 Vietnamese enterprises, mostly from Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces, attended the recent Thaifex, the leading food, beverage and food technology in Thailand, to introduce outstanding farm produce of Vietnam in the market at a hope to export more products to the country.
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