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171325
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 14:07
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Thai business sector encouraged to use FTA privileges
BANGKOK, March 28 (TNA) - Thailand's Commerce Ministry and Customs Department have agreed to join forces to encourage the Thai business sector to enjoy privileges offered by existing free trade agreements (FTAs).
Srirat Ratthapana, Director General of the ministry's Trade Negotiations Department, said that she recently met Chaweewan Kongcharoenkitkul, Deputy Director-General of the Customs Department, and agreed that the two departments become allies in Thailand's international trade negotiations and in encouraging local entrepreneurs to tap more benefits from existing FTAs, namely tax privileges.
Srirat acknowledged when working together in an integrated manner, the two departments will also disseminate information on existing FTA benefits to the public at organised seminars and at customs checkpoints in the country.
The senior Thai official said that the two departments will jointly gather previous setbacks faced by Thailand from the existing FTAs and to directly raise the problems with any concerned party under a free trade deal aimed to maintain benefits for local business operators and to further boost the country’s international trade volumes.
Thailand has inked bilateral FTAs with India and Japan and has been part of regional free trade pacts, namely the ASEAN-China and the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTAs. (TNA)
Srirat Ratthapana, Director General of the ministry's Trade Negotiations Department, said that she recently met Chaweewan Kongcharoenkitkul, Deputy Director-General of the Customs Department, and agreed that the two departments become allies in Thailand's international trade negotiations and in encouraging local entrepreneurs to tap more benefits from existing FTAs, namely tax privileges.
Srirat acknowledged when working together in an integrated manner, the two departments will also disseminate information on existing FTA benefits to the public at organised seminars and at customs checkpoints in the country.
The senior Thai official said that the two departments will jointly gather previous setbacks faced by Thailand from the existing FTAs and to directly raise the problems with any concerned party under a free trade deal aimed to maintain benefits for local business operators and to further boost the country’s international trade volumes.
Thailand has inked bilateral FTAs with India and Japan and has been part of regional free trade pacts, namely the ASEAN-China and the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand FTAs. (TNA)
