“Jurin” reveals that “Thai chicken” will be exported to Saudi Arabia next week. Ordered a plan to organize a trade delegation to sell goods in 3 target cities, ready to speed up the Mini FTA, signing 4 documents, negotiating 4 issues, including one into a new plan, indicating that it will move forward with the big ships to dock, facilitate exports, expedite solutions Problems exporting fruit to China Push to open 15 border checkpoints and solve trade problems with Egypt
Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Disclosure of the results of the meeting of the Joint Public-Private Committee on Commerce (Dor. Commerce) No. 1/2565 that the meeting has followed up the progress of promoting Thai trade with Saudi Arabia. by next week The first batch of chickens will be sent to Saudi Arabia. After Saudi Arabia allowed 11 Thai factories to export chicken And also agreed with the private sector to lead the Thai trade delegation to expand trade in Saudi Arabia with the goal of 3 cities, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam, with products targeted to be pushed, namely automobiles and equipment, auto parts, food, clothing, consumer goods, etc., and will accelerate the establishment of the Thai-Saudi Joint Trade Commission (JTC) as soon as possible. and use it as a platform for further details of trade negotiations
In order to drive trade Will speed up the Mini FTA, aiming for 11 copies, 2 have already been signed, namely China’s Hainan and Japan’s Kofu, with 4 of which are scheduling to be signed. Consisting of the Indian state of Telangana on April 11, 2022, Gansu of China, which is a halal market. At the end of April 2022, Korea’s Gyeonggi waited for the date of signing. After several rounds of postponement, and the negotiations with Korea’s Busan have ended. waiting for confirmation of signing And there are 4 documents that need to be negotiated: 1. Karnataka, 2. Maharashtra, 3. Kerala of India, and 4. Shenzhen of China, but the private sector has proposed to add one more copy. It has been entered into the plan, which is Yunnan Province, which is a large province. and Laos-China Railway will end up in Yunnan Province Chiang Khong route, Mohan checkpoint, Yunnan province, Chiang Saen route, by boat, Guan Lei province, also Yunnan province. If doing a Mini FTA, it will be beneficial to both countries.
Mr. Jurin said for solving trade congestion problems There were discussions about transshipment. by wanting large ships to dock in Thailand and can transport some goods through a special area around the port and able to take Thai goods on board The private sector found it helpful for inducing ships to come in. will get more containers The Ministry of Commerce and other relevant agencies will expedite discussions to reach a conclusion by April 2022. which has been given as a policy that the products that stakeholders Do not agree to rest in the port area for transshipment, such as cassava to be removed, but other agreed products keep it.
Container section It is assessed that the situation has improved in the past. Before the Russo-Ukrainian War It is estimated that by the middle of 2022, the container situation will return to normal. But when the war there might be a problem and if a problem arises They will work together to solve the problem in the form of the Ministry of Commerce.
for exporting fruit to China There are measures to be taken, namely the use of proactive measures 17+1 that have been pre-determined and 8 new measures that will accelerate the drive to solve fruit export problems. Especially the biggest market is China, which still has a big problem at the land checkpoint. which the private sector wants China to extend the opening hours convenience for Chinese fruit importers and Thai fruit exporters to enjoy mutual convenience and allow Chinese consumers to get the freshest fruit from Thailand It was given to the Department of International Trade Promotion and Commercial Ambassadors, Agriculture Ambassadors and Thai Ambassadors. help negotiate with the Chinese authorities
In addition, it will proceed to expedite the opening of border checkpoints. to promote border trade It will expedite the opening of 15 checkpoints that are the way to the goal. Two Malaysian checkpoints have opened, namely Tak Bai and Buketa checkpoints, 9 Lao PDR checkpoints, 2 Cambodian checkpoints, and 2 Myanmar checkpoints are accelerating. and will prepare to take advantage of the Lao-China railway The Vientiane checkpoint is now open for service. But the Mohan Railway to import Thai fruits unfinished Have to wait around June 2022 Therefore, a plan to support fruit exports by sea and air has been prepared. and prepared to negotiate with the Chinese authorities to help facilitate
At the same time, the Thai-Egyptian trade problem has been expedited. The Bank of Egypt has required Egyptian importers to accept only Letters of Credit (L/C), a complex process, time consuming and a fee. The Thai Commercial Ambassador to Egypt will be the coordinator and the center for coordinating with Thai exporters about the regulations. various details, including helping to solve more specific problems And the Department of Commerce will have a hotline and website alerting them if there are additional issues or new rules. The products that Thailand sends to Egypt include canned seafood, automobiles, chemicals, rubber products, etc. Egypt is the market with a share of Thailand’s exports in the world market at 0.43%.