The Chinese toy market was valued at approximately US$22.8 billion (around 165 billion yuan) in 2024 and is expected to reach US$50.6 billion by 2033, growing at an average annual growth rate of 8.6%, reflecting the continued expansion of demand for toys, particularly imported and premium products.
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.
