TRADEWINDS

Thailand’s Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-Cha presided over the opening ceremony and addressed a keynote speech to 1,000 participants at the CLMVT Forum 2018, which was co-organised by the Ministry of Commerce and partners at Centara Grand at [...]

More than 500 leading Thai and Chinese companies attended a business matching activity hosted by the DITP and partners at Bangkok Marriott Marquis Hotel in Bangkok on August 24. “This was a sideline activity of the 6th meeting of the China-Thailand [...]

DITP’s overseas office in Frankfurt reported that future sales of Thai banana hearts to Germany could increase as consumers there are using it as a meat substitute. “Banana hearts are popular among vegans, general consumers, who love to try new foo [...]

Ongoing growth of the real estate sector in Cambodia offers promising opportunities for foreign investors including Thais, according to a report by the DITP’s overseas office in Phnom Penh. “Real estate in Cambodia has been growing continually with [...]

The DITP has supported SMEs in halal industries in five southern provinces to enhance their capabilities to compete on the global marketplace. “The DITP has taught SMEs in five provinces – Songkhla, Satun, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat – in several [...]

The DITP is confident the 62nd edition of the Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair (BGJF), held from September 7 to 11 at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, has achieved its goal in terms of visitor numbers and trade. The fair offered an opportunity for particip [...]

Thai Rice Flagship Store on Tmall.com has helped Thai businesses sell more than 1,219 tonnes of rice and rice products worth over US$2.56 million (85.25 million baht) in total since its launch on April 19, until June 30. “Currently, there are 35 St [...]

Importers from China, Japan, India, Indonesia and Turkey signed MoUs to purchase 1.49 million tonnes of tapioca, worth US$419 million (14 billion baht), from Thai traders at the World Tapioca Conference 2018 held from June 27 to 28 in Bangkok. Thai [...]

Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak led a delegation of private and public sector executives to the 4th Thailand-Japan High Level Joint Commission meeting in Tokyo from July 17 to 21. During the trip, Ministry of Commerce representatives had [...]

Thai fruit and vegetables are becoming increasingly popular with Russians who have tried them while travelling in Thailand and want to eat them again when back home, states a report by the DITP’s overseas trade office in Moscow, released on July 20 [...]