Thailand’s cross-border trade slightly decreases in 10 months
Thailand's cross-border trade reached 1.12 trillion THB in the first 10 months of the year, a year-on-year fall of 1.94 percent, according to statistics from the country’s Commerce Ministry.
A port in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: AFP/VNA)Bangkok (VNA) - Thailand's cross-border trade reached 1.12 trillion THB in the first 10 months of the year, a year-on-year fall of 1.94 percent, according to statistics from the country’s Commerce Ministry.
The slight decrease was recorded amid the strong baht, global economic slowdown, continued trade war and an overall volatile foreign exchange.
Of the total figure, exports from Thailand accounted for 627 billion THB, down 2.05 percent from the same period last year, while imports were worth 498 billion THB, resulting in a trade surplus of 129 billion THB.
Thailand's border trade with all four neighbours amounted to 900 billion THB, down 2.96 percent from a year earlier, with exports making up 509 billion THB, down 5.04 percent.
Imports were worth 391 billion THB, down 0.11 percent. Thailand secured a trade surplus worth 119 billion THB with the four neighbours.
Malaysia remained the biggest partner for border trade, with two-way trade hitting 438 billion THB, followed by Laos (165 billion THB), Myanmar (164 billion THB) and Cambodia (133 billion THB).
According to the ministry, transit trade with Singapore, Vietnam and southern China remained on the rise in the period, totalling 226 billion THB, up 2.34 percent.
Keerati Rushchano, Director-General of the ministry’s Foreign Trade Department, said his department is committed to proceeding with activities to boost border trade and the border economies.
Despite a spate of risk factors, especially global economic uncertainties, the trade row between China and the US, and the strengthening baht, the department believes that it will drive overall trade to 15 percent year-on-year growth, with a value of 1.6 trillion THB, this year./.
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