Thailand-Cambodia border trade in July 2025 plummeted by nearly 100%, shrinking by 97.5%, resulting in a more than 20% decrease in overall border trade, to just 66.22 billion baht.
Thailand and China have reached a significant agreement to expand the number of fresh fruit import and export border checkpoints by five, under the third-country transit cooperation framework, which will be effective from September 1, 2025.
The latest estimates suggest the Thai economy is expected to expand by 2.2% per year in 2025, up from the previous 2.1% forecast and in line with international organizations' upward revisions to 2% from 1.8%, while the global economy is expected to grow by 3% overall.
In an effort to balance international trade, Thailand has decided to allow U.S. soybeans to enter the market tariff-free. However, this tariff reduction doesn't just affect foreign producers…
The opening of some agricultural products in exchange for lower import tariffs for some industries is an issue that Thai businesses and farmers are closely watching, especially pork and offal, which are considered as one of the important products affecting the entire supply chain.
The Industrial Production Index (MPI) in May 2025 was 100.79, an increase of 1.88% compared to the same period of the previous year, expanding for the second consecutive month, with the capacity utilization rate (Cap U) increasing to 61.14% from 56.62% in April, reflecting the recovery of the manufacturing sector.
The domestic corn market worth over 42 billion baht is facing a major shock following a resolution approving the import of animal feed corn from abroad under the WTO framework without paying tariffs (0%), totaling up to 1 million tons, with an exchange condition to negotiate a reduction in import tariffs with trading partners.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is emerging as a new economic power in the world. It consists of six countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, which play important economic roles in the Middle East.…
Thailand’s agricultural trade in 2024 continued to grow steadily, with a total value of 2.53 trillion baht for the whole year, divided into export value of 1.8 trillion baht, an increase of more than 137 billion baht from the previous…
The World Bank’s downward revision of Thailand’s 2025 economic growth forecast to just 1.6% is a worrying figure and the lowest among all ASEAN countries. This slowdown in growth not only reflects the current situation but also signals a warning…
