Jurin, business executives, line up business agreements on India trip

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Jurin, business executives, line up business agreements on India trip

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit

 

 

Commerce Ministry staff and chief executives of private companies are on a five-day trade trip to Mumbai and Chennai, India to drum up business, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Jurin Laksanawisit.

 

“The primary aim of this visit is to negotiate new business networks between Thai private sector and Indian entrepreneurs, and to preside over the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understating (MoU) between several Thai and Indian business operators,” Jurin said on Wednesday of the September 24-28 junket.

 

The MoUs will cover five key businesses, said Jurin, including rubber, rubberwood, tapioca flour, construction materials, and logistic services, and will help Thai entrepreneurs penetrate Indian markets.

 

The deputy PM will also preside over the signing of an MoU between the Department of International Trade Promotion and Bigbasket, India’s grocery delivery application, so that Thai products could be sold in India through the app.

 

“In addition to the MoU signing, Thai and Indian entrepreneurs will take part in series of seminars to discuss business opportunities across different sectors, such as furniture manufacturing and construction materials,” he added.

 

In 2018, trade value between Thailand and India grew 20 per cent over the previous year. Thailand’s major export products to India include chemicals, plastic beads, gems and jewellery, cars and automotive equipment, air conditioners, iron and steel, copper, and computer components.

 

Jurin opens Thai-India business-matching seminar in Mumbai

 

Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanavisit presided over a business-matching seminar in Mumbai on Wednesday (September 25), saying he was pleased to have visited India in an official capacity for a second time.

 

In his opening speech, he said that though other countries are being adversely affected by the China-US trade war, which is nowhere close to coming to an end, the Indian economy has barely felt the effect due to strong domestic consumption. India’s population stands at more than 1.3 billion.

 

The meeting also saw the signing of several memoranda of understanding, namely an MoU between Thai and Indian rubberwood firms, an MoU between the Thai and India business councils and global link companies to support SME businesses and an MoU between the two business councils and the Mumbai Industries Association.

 

Jurin also announced a cooperation between the Thailand Department of International Trade Promotion and BigBasket, an online grocery store in India, to place Thai products on the BigBasket website.

 

He said the Indian market has expanded and developed its facilities to support new investment from Thailand thanks to good logistics and distribution networks as well as construction and design services. Jurin said he believes companies from both sides will work well together to ensure a bright future for the Thailand-India trade market.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30376711

 

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[Oziex1]

Good luck a worthwhile market to tap into. I tend not to get as excited about MoU's as the Thais do. Old mate Jurin seems to be the master of presiding over things, no doubt this will impress the Indians the signatures will just roll off their pens, little disappointed no memorandum of cooperation on this trip now an MoC is something to preside over. Jurin are you up to it. 

[mok199]

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[Chazar]

Theyre  well suited  to each other imo