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Thailand expects 8% increase in exports

Thailand’s Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit has expressed confidence that the country’s exports could expand by up to 8% this year after robust growth in the first nine months.
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Thailand expects 8% increase in exports ảnh 1Containers are stacked at Bangkok Port. (Source: BangkokPost)
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit has expressedconfidence that the country’s exports could expand by up to 8% this year afterrobust growth in the first nine months.

Keysupporting factors for Thailand’s export growth include the resumption ofglobal economic activities after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions,resulting in higher demand, especially for food and industrial goods, gems andjewellery, garments and textiles, travel equipment and cosmetics.

Theshortage of semiconductors has started to ease, while the depreciation of thebaht has made Thai farm exports, especially rice, more competitive in theglobal market, but there was still a risk of a slowdown in trading partnereconomies, Jurin said.

The Ministryof Commerce aims to organise 530 events to facilitate exports this year,including 345 events planned for the second half of 2022.

Thailand’sexports grew by 7.8% to 24.9 billion USD in September, following a 7.5%year-on-year uptick in August and a 4.3% increase in July.

In thefirst nine months of this year, the country’s exports expanded by 10.6% to 221billion USD, while imports rose by 20.7% to 236 billion USD, resulting in atrade deficit of 15 billion USD./.
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