Thailand calls on Indonesia to ease fresh produce trade restrictions
Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom says that the results demonstrate just how severely the move had affected exports in the produce sector. The problem is a critical one for Thailand which has alwasy exported large volumes of produce to the country.
Piramol Charoenpao, director-general of the department, said Thai officials had been asked at the World Trade Organisation to raise the issue for discussion at global trade talks. Other countries such as China, the United States, Canada, Australia, India, Vietnam and Malaysia have faced the same problem.
The department says that Indonesia is the fourth largest export market for Thailand, after China, Hong Kong and Japan.
Export to Indonesia accounts for 10 per cent of total Thai fruit export value, which was worth US$113 million (Bt3.39 billion) last year.
Source: nationmultimedia.com
