Issue 30: June 24, 2015

In Focus

Tradeshows
Going Nuts for Healthy Snacks

Issue 30 A premium natural food producer aims to expand business in the AEC and the US by focusing on the health food segment. “The health food trend is very strong now,” says Vittavat P... More

Industry
Financing Made Simple

Issue 30 A Thai startup has developed accounting software that meets its clients’ requirements rather than conforming to an accountant’s rulebook. Often the secret to business success is... More

Joining the Dots
Setting the educational standard for ASEAN

Issue 30 Thailand has the potential to become the hub of international education within the ASEAN Economic Community, at least according to one of the country’s leading institutions. Investment in... More

A Touch of Thai
A Touch of Thai: Varni Southern Wickery

Issue 30 Few people would imagine that the sleek black-and-white wicker furniture and fashion items on display at prestigious department stores in Bangkok have such humble roots as VARNI.... More

Q&A
Q&A: Yenndesign

Issue 30 Award-winning Thai designers Sirilak Mahajuntanaporn and Wararat Puapairoj reveal how Yenndesign’s products reflect their own lifestyle. How did Yenndesign come about? We started ... More

Tradewinds

Jewellery exports boosted

Issue 30 The DITP together with the private sector has put in place a plan to boost Thai jewellery and accessory exports. “The strategies include sending representatives from Thailand to four coun... More

Thailand targets Vietnam exports

Issue 30 DITP Director-General Nuntawan Sakuntanaga announced on June 15 that Thailand’s exports for January to April had risen to over US[182].6 billion, a growth of 16.7% compared with the same peri... More

Thaitrade.com and Tradeindia.com to boost online trading

Issue 30 The DITP’s Thaitrade.com coordinated with Tradeindia.com, the biggest online B2B trade website in India, to launch the ‘India-Thailand E-Commerce Business Forum’ in M... More

Thaitrade.com sales top 1.3billion baht

Issue 30 Sales on the Thaitrade.com website reached over 1.3 billion baht in Q2, 2015, DITP Director-General Nuntawan Sakuntanaga announced on May 20. “In April, 626 purchasing orders from 50 coun... More

Thailand and Japan discuss agriculture trade

Issue 30 Commerce Minister Chatchai Sarikulya together with officials from the DITP visited several Japanese agricultural cooperativesin Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan from June 2 to 6. The purp... More

Thai companies to target German senior market

Issue 30 DITP Director-General Nuntawan Sakuntanaga has urged Thai businesses to focus on the German senior market. A report by the International Trade Promotion’s Frankfurt office stated that Germ... More

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In Focus

Tradewinds