Government to double sales of Thai products via its online marketplace

By Thai PBS

 

 

The government says it will boost selling of Thai products through its official e-commerce channel,  Thaitrade.com, to 10 billion baht next year from 5 billion this year.

 

The assurance of doubling of sales through Thailand’s Thaitrade.com, the official business-to-business e-marketplace, was declared by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak when he delivered a keynote address, titled “Changing Thai Businesses to Online World, underlining the importance of Thaitrade.com. ” yesterday.

 

He said the government was  determined to boost  sales of Thai products to 10 billion baht in 2019 on the back of the launch of Thaitrade.com.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/government-double-sales-thai-products-via-online-marketplace/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-06-08

“Meanwhile, Commerce Minister Sonthirat Sonthijirawong said the ministry  aimed  to increase the number of Thaitrade.com members to 100,000 from 25,000 within three years.

He said annual sales via the platform are expected to increase to 10 billion baht from 5 billion baht by the end of next year.”

 

Those are very ambitious targets, exactly how are they going to be achieved?

Edited June 8, 20188 yr by Bluespunk

Looks the same as alibaba.com. I wonder how come hahaha

2 hours ago, RotMahKid said:

Looks the same as alibaba.com. I wonder how come hahaha

The question will be whether Junta-approved monopoly with Alibaba.com will overrun or simply replace by government order Thaitrade.com.

Really ?....and some others will double their figures also with all the parcels that will get "lost" in the Thai post....(off topic but not to forget the parcels that are "held up" and overcharged by corrupt Thai customs) ...wake up boys !!...clean up the cheats in the Post (or Customs) and e-commerce (may) flourish in Thailand.

 

And for the usual "I-never-had-a-problem" types....well good for you if so, but the issues do exist.

Edited June 8, 20188 yr by observer90210