BANGKOK (NNT) – Amid economic uncertainty and an inflationary environment posing challenges for Thai exports in the first half of 2023, the Ministry of Commerce anticipates a recovery for the country’s export sector in the second half of the year. Durian is Thailand’s top export earner, outranking rice and rubber Department of International Trade Promotion […]
BANGKOK, Aug 16 (TNA) – The internal trade chief said he was aware that instant noodle manufacturers were facing higher production costs but he had to reject their request to raise the product price to eight baht per pack. Wattanasak Sueaiam, director-general of the Department of Internal Trade, said he acknowledged the press conference in […]
BANGKOK(NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit has represented Thailand in the first round of negotiations for the Thailand-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement with Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Norway. Following the negotiations, which took place on June 20 in Iceland, the Thai-EFTA Free Trade Agreement meetings were also held […]
Former deputy commerce minister, Pol Lt-Col Banyin Tangpakorn, and two other people were taken into police custody this morning, in Thailand’s central province of Nakhon Sawan, on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of the brother of a senior Criminal Court judge. The arrest of Banyin, former MP for Nakhon Sawan of the now-defunct Palang […]
THE COMMERCE MINISTRY’S Business Development Department will propose to the Cabinet that it update the Foreign Business Act (FBA) and prepare the country for the Asean seamless market. Pongpun Gearaviriyapun, director-general of the department, said the FBA should be more flexible but also more effective. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 20 August 2014 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce is gearing up to organize the Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair 2014 this September, setting the revenue target at more than 40 billion baht. Ms Duangkamol Jiambutr, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, hosted a press conference on the […]
BANGKOK, 18 July 2014 (NNT) – The Commerce Ministry has expressed confidence that the hike of value-added-tax (VAT) to 10% scheduled for late 2015 will not affect the local economy. Permanent-Secretary for Commerce Chutima Boonyaprapatsorn said today that the Thai economy would be strong enough to cope with the VAT hike set on October 2015. […]
BANGKOK, July 4 – Thailand’s Commerce Ministry has affirmed that the US has not banned the import of goods from Thailand after the US State Department’s downgrading of Thailand to Tier 3 in its 2014 “Trafficking in Persons” report. Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Boonyarit Kalayanamit said that rumours of the ban has caused worries among […]
