7 February 2012, 9:35 am
The NationDPO plans big domestic and Asean pushThe NationThe Dairy Farming Promotion Organisation of Thailand (DPO), the Kingdom's first dairy-product manufacturer, is pressing ahead with an aggressive plan to capture more of the market for lucrative milk products at home and boost overseas sale... Read More »
7 February 2012, 7:41 am
Thailand Expects 5% GDP Growth in 2012Thailand Business NewsThe Thai economy depends heavily on exports, and foreign trade accounts for a major portion of GDP. Its share was 34.78 percent of the GDP in 1990 and has increased to 70 percent now. In order to reduce risks, Thailand is striving to divers... Read More »
7 February 2012, 12:59 am
US LAW 'CAN WORK TO ADVANTAGE OF THAI ICT SECTOR'The NationFor exporters to the US, this law levels the playing field among rival manufacturers trying to export the same type of goods or product components," he said. The legal stimulation for Thai business operators to comply with the law wi... Read More »
6 February 2012, 10:28 pm
Commerce Ministry targets Thai exports to grow 15% this yearThai News Agency MCOTCommerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and Deputy Commerce Minister Poom Sarapol are scheduled to meet the heads of Thailand's trade representatives' offices based overseas on Friday to assess Thailand's ove... Read More »
6 February 2012, 8:36 am
U.S. Drops Dumping Duty Calculations Opposed by EU, JapanBloombergIn a series of WTO complaints, Canada, Japan, Thailand and other US trading partners said the US method of calculating duties on their products was unfairly inflated. When the price on a product is lower in the exporting country, the ... Read More »
6 February 2012, 8:31 am
Asia's Export Day of ReckoningWall Street JournalThe region is not export-dependent by accident. For half a century governments have deployed a range of policies—from subsidies to trade protection to regulation—to encourage exporting at the expense of domestic consumption.Korean companies sh... Read More »
6 February 2012, 7:10 am
PHL's latest trade deficit with Asean: P371BBusiness Mirror“For every $100 [worth of goods] that we export to Asean, we buy back $145 [worth of goods]. Our trade in goods between January 2010 and November 2011 with Asean countries resulted in a deficit against Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Tha... Read More »
5 February 2012, 11:39 am
Bangkok PostSTC ploughs its way into CambodiaBangkok PostSTC Group, Thailand's biggest rice exporter, has become the latest company to explore rice investment opportunities in Cambodia. A number of factors ranging from lower global demand to higher local prices have conspired to threaten Thai ri... Read More »
3 February 2012, 9:25 am
Meet with trade reps next week to finalise plan for 15% export growthThe NationCommerce Minister Boonsong Teriyaphirom is scheduled to meet with 65 overseas Thai trade representatives next Friday (Feb 10) to finalise a plan to boost export growth to 15 per cent this year amid uncertain global econom... Read More »
24 January 2012, 6:44 pm
The Japan TimesFor export-dependent Japan, a trade deficitWashington PostTOKYO — After years of using exports to power its economy, Japan has reported its first trade deficit in more than three decades, underscoring the mounting challenges for an economy already slowed by natural and nuclear disas... Read More »
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