Thailand’s exports last month rose for the first time this year from November last year by 17.2 percent to US$13.84 billion while the value of the imports fell 2.2 percent from the same period last year to US$12.7 billion.
Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai on Monday said the increase in the value of exports in November was supported significantly by the growth in agricultural and agro-industrial products, such as cassava, frozen and processed shrimp and sugar, and the industrial goods, such as electronic appliances, jewellery and cosmetics, by 28.6 and 13.2 percent …

Thailand’s exports in January fell 26.5 percent from the same period last year to about US$10.50 billion after the country saw its exports dropped 20.5 and 14.6 percent in last November and December.
Last year, the country’s November exports sharply dropped as much as 22.24 percent from US$15.27 billion in October to US$11.87 billion before the value of exports in December slightly declined to US$11.60 billion.
Siripol Yodmuangcharoen, the country’s permanent secretary for commerce, today said the drop of 26.5 percent in January from the corresponding period of last year was …

Thailand’s rice export volume in January fell 37.74 percent from the same period last year but the Ministry of Commerce expects the rice exports throughout the year would be able to meet the target of 8.5-9.5 million tonnes.
According to director-general Apiradi Tantraporn of the Department of Foreign Trade, Thailand in January exported a total of 628,792 tonnes of rice, valued at US$331 million, compared to 1.01 million tonnes worth US$421 million during the first month of last year.
Apiradi said the country meanwhile shipped a total of 941,286 tonnes of rice, …