The Commerce Ministry looks set to promote and upgrade hemp fibre in the Thai textile industry as it offers high potential in the global market under the popular bio-, circular and green economic model.
According to Phusit Ratanakul Sereroengrit, director-general of the International Trade Promotion Department, the plan aligns with the government’s ongoing efforts to push hemp as a new potential economic crop for commercial use.
Hemp and cannabis had been classified as narcotics under Category 5 under the Narcotics Act of Thailand for many years. The extensive medicinal properties of both cannabis and…
