"Mallika" reveals "Jurin" ordered according to trading work

"Mallika" reveals "Jurin" ordered to follow up on trading work. "Rice-Rubber" with China under the MOU that has been agreed upon After the Thai-Chinese railway has made progress But the purchase of products has not yet achieved results as expected. It was stated that the Department of Foreign Trade had been assigned to follow suit. Accelerate the purchase of rice and provide "agriculture" in accordance with the matter of purchasing rubber. Recently, there is still 300,000 tonnes of undelivered rice and 183,000 tonnes of rubber. Mrs. Mallika Boonmeetrakul Mahasuk, Advisor to the Minister of Commerce, revealed that Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce. Has ordered the Department of Foreign Trade Write a letter to Mr. Qi Zhaochi, Director of the National Development and Reform t yet achieved results according to this agreement as it should.




Previously, on December 19, 2014, the Thai-Chinese government Email Data signed an MOU for trading in rice and rubber. Rice is an agreement between the various trade departments. country and COFCO. As for rubber, it is an agreement between the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT) and SINOCHEM. Under the said agreement Regarding rice, 700,000 tons have been delivered, with another 300,000 tons remaining. The quantity of deliveries in each installment has been adjusted from the original 0.8-100,000 tons to 0.2-100,000 tons, and the Department of Foreign Trade has already issued several expedited letters to COFCO. times, and most recently COFCO has asked Thailand to offer a competitive price. Therefore will consider purchasing. This is because the price of Thai rice is higher than other exporters.



At this time, we are waiting for the results of consideration from the Thai Rice Exporters Association. As for rubber, RAOT informed that the delivery of the remaining 11 installments of rubber, amounting to 183,000 tons, China has delayed the purchase, citing that there is still no clarity on the railway cooperation project. But the results of the Railway Cooperation Committee meeting have made a lot of progress. A joint resolution was reached on the rail system contract. Electrical and mechanical systems Including procuring trains and organizing personnel training, worth 50.6 billion baht, on the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima route. It is expected that it can be signed within October 2020. The Prime Minister will be invited to preside over the signing in Thailand, which means that in the case of railway cooperation there has been significant progress. Mr. Jurin has urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to assign RAOT to coordinate with China to push for the purchase of rubber.