Export growth for March seen at 8%
Minister anticipates target may be beaten
Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit expects 8% growth of exports in March, driven partly by a squad of national and provincial “salesmen” who are helping arrange online business matching between Thai exporters and foreign buyers to boost trade.
The forecast, which followed the latest assessment of export markets by the Commerce Ministry and key business groups, comes ahead of the release of official export figures by the Trade Policy and Strategy Office tomorrow.
“Thai exports bottomed out of their lowest point and will be on the rise now,” said Mr Jurin.
In May and June last year when the world was first gripped by lockdown measures to stem the pandemic, Thai exports ended up in negative territory, contracting by 22% and 23%,…
