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Thailand Moves Forward Thailand is making every effort to ensure that there will not be a repeat this year of the extensive flooding the hit Thailand in 2011 and to protect industrial sites from any such threat. Investors in Thailand can rest assured that manufacturing will not be interrupted and supply chains and logistics routes are secure. That was the message that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra brought to Japan, where, she met with senior government officials, including the prime minister and the minister of economy, trade and industry. Read more...

Trade Experts Push Companies to Be Ready for the AEC Thai enterprises must hasten preparation for opportunities and challenges as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) fast approaches its launch in three years. Readiness will mean the chance to prosper on a grander scale. Read more...

JFCCT The Thailand Board of Investment organized a meeting with the members of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce and other chambers at the One Start One Stop Investment Center, on 23 February 2012. Read more...

The New Wage Rate Read more...

AEC Liberalization to Boost Thailand Medical Tourism Thailand’s position as a leading global hub of medical tourism will be strengthened when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) takes shape as a vast single market. Thailand is home to some of Asia’s best medical facilities, featuring state-of-the- art equipment and overseas-trained doctors who operate at international standards. The nation provides quality care at a fraction of the cost of procedures in many other countries. Read more...

NESDB Outlook Despite the floods that hit Thailand in the second half of the year, contracting the economy by 9% in the fourth quarter, the economy nevertheless managed to remain positive with an expansion of 0.1% for the year 2011. Nevertheless, export value for the year in US dollars increased by 16.4 percent, private consumption expenditure by 1.3 percent and private investment by 7.2 percent. The current account surplus for the year was a surplus of US$11.9 billion or 3.4 percent of GDP. Read more...

Jetro Survey The Japanese Chamber of Commerce Bangkok has conducted a survey twice each year for the past 28 years on the business sentiment of Japanese corporations in Thailand. Its current survey was taken during the period from 16 December 2011 to 15 January 2012, and is based on a series of questions answered by 366 firms. Read more...

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