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Bangkok Post – Government unveils plan to invigorate cross-border trade

A bird’s eye view of the Koh Kong bridge in Cambodia that crosses the Kaoh Pao River. Koh Kong is a Cambodian border province which Thais can access via the Ban Hat Lek checkpoint in Khlong Yai district of Thailand’s Trat province. (Photo: Jakkrit Waewklaihong

The government set a goal of reviving cross-border trade including transit trade this year after the value contracted by 2.6% in 2023 from the previous year to 1.7 trillion baht.

Ronnarong Phoolpipat, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said to achieve the target, the Commerce Ministry is committed to expediting cross-border and transit trade…

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