FTA pushes the growth of exports of agricultural-processed products in Thailand for the first 2 months

Thailand

Published Apr 12, 2021

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"Commerce" pointed out that the FTA helped push the export of agricultural and processed agricultural products for the first 2 months this year Thai exports to the FTA market surpassed US $ 4 billion, growing 10% of spices and herbs. Fresh, chilled, frozen fruit And cassava products expanded well.

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Mrs. Oramon Subthawetham The Director-General of the Department of International Trade Negotiations revealed that the world economy and the manufacturing sector recovered after easing the country's shutdown measures. It is a key factor for Thai exports to expand. In addition, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a tool that increases the competitiveness of Thai products. And help exports to expand This is in line with the statistics of Thai exports to 18 countries where Thailand has FTAs, in the first two months of 2021 still growing by 10%, while overall exports to the world market have declined. For agricultural products and processed agricultural products It is a product that Thailand has the potential to produce and is in demand by the market. In the first two months of 2021, Thailand exported to 18 countries FTA worth US $ 4,361 million (68% of agricultural exports And all processed agriculture of Thailand), or expanded by 10% compared to the same period of the previous year. ...

Source: Ththansettakij