Meeting to try and solve export sector problems
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The Export Promotion Department is scheduled to meet flood-affected exporters on November 18 to brainstorm on how to build up the export sector, which has been seriously hit by the worst flooding in 50 years.
The meeting will be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Kittiratt NaRanong and Deputy Commerce Minister Siriwat Kajornprasart and attended by exporters in various sectors, the Board of Trade of Thailand and the Federation of Thai Industries.
Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, the department’s director general, said that the meeting would focus on the estimated losses of exporters in different industries and seek measures to bolster foreign trade.
The department has found that the severe flooding in more than 20 provinces has seriously affected many industries, including automobile and parts, electronic and electric appliances, processed food, leather goods, lifestyle and fashion goods, and health and beauty products.
Nuntawan said the meeting on November 18 is expected to come up with concrete measures to help the industries most impacted and devise strategies to boost exports, as well as increase confidence among foreign traders.
With many shipments delayed by the floods, the meeting will also seek measures to solve transportation difficulties, Concerns about labour problems will be addressed, including the shortage of labour and the payment of laid off employees during the period of suspended operations.
