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Quiet border trade after renewed Thai-Cambodian crossfire
SURIN, April 25 (TNA) - Thai entrepreneurs face quiet border trade and disrupted exports to neighbouring Cambodia following a new spate of crossfire between Thai and Cambodian troops near Thailand's northeastern Surin Province, calling for the Thai government to accelerate an end to the renewed fight.
Nantawat Kitsakulpaisal, secretary general to Surin's chamber of commerce office, acknowledged Monday that the new round of border clashes has forced an indefinite closure of Chong Jom border pass in Surin's Kab Choeng District, which has heavily affected local entrepreneurs whose border trade has become quiet and exports to their Cambodian market have been mostly suspended, particularly fuel products.
Nantawat assessed that damage to Thailand's border trade at Chong Jom should be around 15-20 million baht daily, saying that some local entrepreneurs have moved to run their businesses at other border passes and have faced higher operation and transport costs.
The provincial chamber of commerce chief warned that the renewed tension along the Thai-Cambodian border, if prolonged, should have more adverse effects on border trade at Chong Jom, where business turnover normally reaches some 800 million baht annually, urging both the Thai and Cambodian governments to speed up their talks to settle the border rows. (TNA)
Nantawat Kitsakulpaisal, secretary general to Surin's chamber of commerce office, acknowledged Monday that the new round of border clashes has forced an indefinite closure of Chong Jom border pass in Surin's Kab Choeng District, which has heavily affected local entrepreneurs whose border trade has become quiet and exports to their Cambodian market have been mostly suspended, particularly fuel products.
Nantawat assessed that damage to Thailand's border trade at Chong Jom should be around 15-20 million baht daily, saying that some local entrepreneurs have moved to run their businesses at other border passes and have faced higher operation and transport costs.
The provincial chamber of commerce chief warned that the renewed tension along the Thai-Cambodian border, if prolonged, should have more adverse effects on border trade at Chong Jom, where business turnover normally reaches some 800 million baht annually, urging both the Thai and Cambodian governments to speed up their talks to settle the border rows. (TNA)
