Reopening of all nine Malaysia-Thailand border checkpoints set to boost trade for both countries

BANGKOK, Jan 16 (Bernama): The border trade between Malaysia and Thailand is set to get a boost from the reopening of all nine border checkpoints.

Niwat Hansaward, the trade officer of the department of foreign trade from Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce, said due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Thailand had closed all of its 97 border checkpoints, including nine at the Malaysian border at the end of March 2020 and this has led to trade disruptions as freight carriers struggled to deliver goods.