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Thu, 02/05/2009 - 21:14
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Commerce minister urges Japan to import more Thai rice
TOKYO, Feb 5 (TNA) - Visiting Thai Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai on Thursday urged Japanese traders to import more Thai rice, especially cooked food, and food seasoning.
Mrs. Pornthiva, who accompanied Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on a three-day visit to Tokyo aimed at restoring Thailand's image and to attract new foreign investment, shortly after arriving met with senior executives of Kitoku Shinryo Co., an importer of 'Mali' fragrant rice from Thailand, and with Seven & I Holdings Co., which operates nearly 20,000 supermarket and department store outlets shortly after her arrival.
In a bid to widen markets for Thai agricultural products, and to help prop up their prices as well as to assist Thailand from competition from countries which are now manufacturing food seasonings with similar tastes to those of Thailand's previously distinctive flavours, Mrs. Pornthiva urged the Japanese traders to import more Thai food products.
Kitoku Shinryo deals in wholesale rice and corn products while Seven & I Holdings focuses on convenience stores, general merchandise stores, department stores, supermarkets, food services, financial services and IT services.
Mrs. Pornthiva later held talks with ranking officials of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) which operates business similar to the Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand on futures trading of natural rubber ribbed smoked sheet.
She urged TOCOM executives to consider a possible change of goods delivery to Bangkok port from Japanese port in order to facilitate the delivery as well as raising sales value to Thailand.
During the visit, she also met executives of six giant Japanese trading firms -- Mitsui, Itoshu, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi, Marubeni, and Sojitsu -- and urged them to import more Thai products. (TNA)
Mrs. Pornthiva, who accompanied Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on a three-day visit to Tokyo aimed at restoring Thailand's image and to attract new foreign investment, shortly after arriving met with senior executives of Kitoku Shinryo Co., an importer of 'Mali' fragrant rice from Thailand, and with Seven & I Holdings Co., which operates nearly 20,000 supermarket and department store outlets shortly after her arrival.
In a bid to widen markets for Thai agricultural products, and to help prop up their prices as well as to assist Thailand from competition from countries which are now manufacturing food seasonings with similar tastes to those of Thailand's previously distinctive flavours, Mrs. Pornthiva urged the Japanese traders to import more Thai food products.
Kitoku Shinryo deals in wholesale rice and corn products while Seven & I Holdings focuses on convenience stores, general merchandise stores, department stores, supermarkets, food services, financial services and IT services.
Mrs. Pornthiva later held talks with ranking officials of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) which operates business similar to the Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand on futures trading of natural rubber ribbed smoked sheet.
She urged TOCOM executives to consider a possible change of goods delivery to Bangkok port from Japanese port in order to facilitate the delivery as well as raising sales value to Thailand.
During the visit, she also met executives of six giant Japanese trading firms -- Mitsui, Itoshu, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi, Marubeni, and Sojitsu -- and urged them to import more Thai products. (TNA)
