FTAs to boost export: Minister
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Commerce Minister Gen Chatchai Sarikalya was hopeful that Thailand's exports would turn around in the last three months of this year.
He said the ministry would do its best in boosting the export, which would include the speed-up on negotiation on free trade agreements (FTAs). He would soon join the FTA negotiation between Thailand and Pakistan.
Earlier, the ministry revised down the 2015 export target from the expansion by 1.2 per cent to the 3 per cent contraction.
Chatchai noted that despite the fall in export value, Thailand's market share in the global market remained intact and key markets were retained. Though the market share in some markets contracted, the contraction rate was less severe than what was observed by other exporting countries, he said.
