The TCC thanked the Foreign Ministry for persuading China to open more trade channels and the Commerce Ministry for tapping new overseas export markets to prevent oversupply of Thai fruit. “This has resulted in over 200 billion baht of fruit exports so far this year,” said TCC vice chairman Pratya Samalapa, who also chairs the chamber's committee on the eastern region, Thailand's "fruit basket". He thanked the government for its efforts in tackling what he called the “fruit oversupply crisis”. Along with agriculture, other economic sectors in eastern provinces seeing recovery include gems and jewellery manufacturing and tourism, Pratya added. The tourism revival would have a knock-on effect in other sectors and bring more jobs to the eastern region, he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 28, 2022 05:24 UTC