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The Nation
March 21, 2018
The Department of International Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce or DITP, aims to support Thai character creators in the international market and create more commercial value for their works with the marketing promotion campaign, Character Licensing, that connects Thai character creators to meetÃâà...
Branding in Asia Magazine
March 21, 2018
Seven production-based companies from Bangkok are sponsored by ADFEST's Diamond Sponsor, the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, Thailand “The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commence is pleased to support ADFEST.
Bangkok Post
March 21, 2018
The Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday that exports were valued at US$20.36 billion in February, up 10.3% year- on-year. ... However, despite export figures, Chen Namchaisiri, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries, said the Thai Industries Sentiment Index was down for the first time in fourÃâà...
Markets Insider
March 20, 2018
Also in attendance will be Mr. Sontirat Sontijirawong, Thailand's Minister of Commerce. Held tonight at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong by the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, the event aims at fostering new ties between the Thai, mainland Chinese and Hong KongÃâà...
Jakarta Globe
March 14, 2018
The commerce ministry said Thailand has received rice orders from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan so far this year. The Thai government will ship 100,000 tons of rice on a government-to-government deal with China's state-owned trader Cofco Corporation this month or next month, the ministry said. Thailand isÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 14, 2018
In order to accelerate negotiations, officials will be sent to major importers of Thai rice, said Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Commerce Ministry's Department of Foreign Trade. "In some countries in Asia, rice importing issues are completely controlled by government procurement bodies," AdulÃâà...
Jakarta Globe
March 14, 2018
The commerce ministry said Thailand has received rice orders from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan so far this year. The Thai government will ship 100,000 tons of rice on a government-to-government deal with China's state-owned trader Cofco Corporation this month or next month, the ministry said.
Pattaya Mail
March 13, 2018
Bangkok – Thailand's Ministry of Commerce has revealed European Union (EU) businesses have shown interest in supporting renewed Free Trade ... led EU representatives from the logistics and automotive sectors to meet with Thailand and discuss its trade policies, with Thai officials assuring them thatÃâà...
The Edge Markets MY
March 13, 2018
The commerce ministry said Thailand has received rice orders from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan so far this year. The Thai government will ship 100,000 tonnes of rice on a government-to-government deal with China's state-owned trader COFCO Corporation this month or next month, the ministryÃâà...
KVUE
March 9, 2018
China's Commerce Ministry said it “firmly opposes” Trump's move. It gave no indication whether Beijing might make good on ... Within Asia, demand for steel has grown fastest in developing Southeast Asian economies such as Thailand and Vietnam. The region is dependent on imports to meet its needs,Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 9, 2018
Within Asia, demand for steel has grown fastest in developing Southeast Asian economies such as Thailand and Vietnam. The region is dependent on ... The Chinese Commerce Ministry criticized Trump for taking unilateral action instead of working through the World Trade Organization. "The misuse of theÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 9, 2018
Thailand will study the details of the slimmed-down version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact before taking a stance on it, a Commerce Ministry official said on Friday. Auramon Supthaweethum, the director-general of trade negotiations, said the department was closely followingÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 9, 2018
According to the latest survey by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), February's consumer confidence index stood at 79.3, down ... The Commerce Ministry reported last month the country's customs-cleared exports rose 17.6% year-on-year in January to US$20.1 billion, the highestÃâà...
Kallanish
March 9, 2018
The Thai Antidumping Committee announced its decision to terminate the final anti-dumping investigations on 5 March on the grounds that it found that there was no injury to domestic industry. The ruling was published in the Thai Royal Gazette on 7 March, Thailand Ministry of Commerce (MoC) officialÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 9, 2018
"But what the local steelmakers are concerned [about] the most is the possibility that global steelmakers could switch to dump their steel on the Thai market to offset losses from falling steel exports to the U.S.," said Wanchai Varavithya, a deputy-director of the Thai Commerce Ministry's Department ofÃâà...
ThaiVisa News
March 8, 2018
Mr. Boonyarit Kalayanamit, Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade, on Wednesday led a group of officers from his department and the Customs Department to perform a random inspection at Tallad Thai in the Rangsit area to see if vendors are complying with the announcement of the CentralÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 6, 2018
A draft bill on e-business tax, a levy on online purchases, advertisements and website rent in Thailand earned by operators with a presence outside the country, ... In the meantime, the Revenue Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commerce Ministry's Department of BusinessÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 6, 2018
A draft bill on e-business tax, a levy on online purchases, advertisements and website rent in Thailand earned by operators with a presence outside the country, ... In the meantime, the Revenue Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commerce Ministry's Department of BusinessÃâà...
The Nation
March 6, 2018
In the short term, the Ministry of Commerce may find a way to negotiate directly with the US and, in the long term, plan to penetrate new markets, such as by entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), he said. In the short term, Nonarit expected that the likely trade war would not lead to a global economicÃâà...
Malay Mail
March 5, 2018
People visit the booth of Alibaba Group during an exhibition in Beijing, China, September 22, 2015. — Reuters picTOKYO, March 5 — An explosion in online shopping in Asia has policy makers scrambling to gauge its effects on their economies. Here's how eight economies across the region are digestingÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 1, 2018
Exports leapt 17.6 percent year-on-year in January, according to the commerce ministry, following on from a rise of 8.6 percent in December. The Thai economy is now expected to maintain the current clip throughout 2018, with the government raising its export growth target to 6.8 percent for the currentÃâà...
Bangkok Post
February 28, 2018
The Commerce Ministry and Bank of Thailand use a different base for export and import data. The former uses customs-cleared figures, while the latter uses payment-based numbers. Mr Don said February's exports and imports possibly dropped from January as the impact from piling up inventory for theÃâà...
The Merkle
February 27, 2018
Although Thailand has not banned cryptocurrency, one of the country's major banks has decided to close the bank account of a crypto exchange. Bangkok Bank is ... An official statement mentions that TDAX was not operating in accordance with its business purpose registered with the Commerce Ministry.
Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
February 26, 2018
The privately owned Thai Digital Asset Exchange (TDAX) is deferring the trading and registration of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) for two weeks while awaiting a soon-to-be revealed regulatory framework from Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commision (Thai SEC), the Bangkok Post reported Monday,Ãâà...
The Nation
February 21, 2018
THAILAND and Cambodia are working towards the goal of trade flows between the neighbours reaching US$15 billion in 2020, a jump of almost 10 per cent from ... Aiding this push, the Thai Commerce Ministry set up a business matching event between 30 Thai businesses and more than 100 CambodianÃâà...
Bangkok Post
February 21, 2018
Mr Sontirat said that despite the growth outlook, Thailand is facing policy uncertainties from major trading partners, increasing non-tariff barriers in the Asean market and the US, foreign exchange fluctuations, international political conflicts and climate change. The Commerce Ministry reported WednesdayÃâà...
International Cement Review
February 16, 2018
The spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Seang Thai reported that Cambodia imported 1.9Mt of cement in 2016 and the opening of the country's largest cement factory last week will still not lessen the need for cement imports. "Cement imports are still highly important for construction, because ourÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
December 31, 1999
Cross-border trade consists mainly of Thai consumer goods like rice, sugar, canned food and semi-cooked food as well as auto parts and construction materials. These exports totaled about 8 trillion baht in 2017, or around 16% of Thailand's total exports. But the Commerce Ministry said these figures areÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
December 31, 1999
This cross-border trade consists mainly of Thai consumer goods like rice, sugar, canned food and semi-cooked food as well as auto parts and construction ... But the Commerce Ministry said these figures are expected to rise substantially over the next few years as the economies of Thailand's neighborsÃâà...
The Phnom Penh Post
December 31, 1999
... and Thailand reached $6 billion last year, up 10 percent from the year before, according to a Thai Embassy official. Jirawuth Suwanna-arj, minister counsellor at the Office of Commercial Affairs in the Thai Embassy, announced the figure yesterday at an event sponsored by the Thai Ministry of Commerce.
Bangkok Post
December 31, 1999
TDAX, a privately owned Thai exchange for the trading of digital assets, registered its business with the Commerce Ministry's Business Development ... of Thailand's announcement last week asking for cooperation from financial institutions to not involve themselves in cryptocurrency-related transactions, theÃâà...
Khmer Times
December 31, 1999
A key concern of the new working group will be attracting Thai investors into the kingdom to reduce trade imbalances between the countries, according to officials from the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce. “Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to establish a working group to facilitate trade and investmentÃâà...
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