M’sia-Thailand border trade


Foreign Trade Department director-general Keerati Rushchano said Thailand’s cross-border trade with neighbouring countries – Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, in the period stood at 561.10 billion baht, dropping 10.03% year-on-year (y-o-y).(File pic: The checkpoint at the Thai-Malaysia border in Rantau Panjang)

BANGKOK: Border trade between Malaysia and Thailand in the first nine months of the year fell 17.23% to 175.10 billion baht (100 baht = RM13.50) as border closure to curb the spread of Covid-19 has disrupted normal economic activities.

Foreign Trade Department director-general Keerati Rushchano said Thailand’s cross-border trade with neighbouring countries – Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, in the period stood at 561.10 billion baht, dropping 10.03% year-on-year (y-o-y).

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