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	More than 50,000 travellers went to shop at the Ban Klong Luek Border Market, spurring an estimated Bt100 million in sales during the New Year festival. That was an increase of 20 per cent from the previous year, Prasit Saengrungruang, vice chairman of the Sa Kaew Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday.</div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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Somchai Sujjapongse, permanent secretary of the Finance Ministry, expects the new vehicle tax based on carbon-dioxide emissions will increase excise revenue by between Bt7 billion and Bt8 billion to Bt93 billion this year.

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