Bilateral trade value between Thailand and Australia amounted to US$12.84 billion in the first nine months of this year, up 18.9 per cent from the same period last year, thanks to the Free Trade Agreement signed between the two countries, said Auramon Supthaweethum , director-general of the Trade Negotiations Department under the Commerce Ministry. 

Australia’s Burson Auto Parts will open its first store outside the homeland in Bangkok on August 10.