Thailand aims to become ASEAN’s No.1 herb exporter

 

   

BANGKOK(NNT) - Herbs have been considered highly valuable Thai goods of Thailand for a long time. The government has always promoted them and now aims to increase exports to make them the most popular in ASEAN.

 

PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government always gives precedence to growing herbs and the production of related products as they are one of the economic crops that earn a lot for the country. Herbs are ingredients in many products, ranging from food, drinks, cosmetics and supplements to medications. This keeps the herb market growing significantly with little competition.

 

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, exports are as high as during normal times, especially with orders from China, Vietnam and the USA.

 

The government is ready to support all related organizations to help develop herbal products and to double consumption, from 180 billion baht to 360 billion baht, within 2021. By achieving this goal, Thailand would become No.1 in ASEAN for herb exports.

 

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Aim high Thailand!  #1 or nothing.........

Ignore the fact there will be a drought this year over much of the country due to the "rainy" season not delivering! 

5 minutes ago, CGW said:

Aim high Thailand!  #1 or nothing.........

Ignore the fact there will be a drought this year over much of the country due to the "rainy" season not delivering! 

Its an NNT announcement, meaning it's nothing but Government propaganda, not real news.

Price of chilli and coriander etc in India starting to drop due to falling demand being reported in the TOI.

Would that affect spice and herb exports from Thailand?

Food and ingredient exports are one of the few resilient areas during the pandemic - so sounds like a good idea to me.  But sorting out regulation and effective enforcement of pesticides may be a good first step.

The Hub of Herbs!

What the ell is he smoking?  Double the output in one year!  Would be incredibly interesting to find out how he plans to do that?  Maybe he will be nominated for a Nobel Prize for his efforts at producing humourous comments!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand aims to become ASEAN’s No.1 herb exporter

damn, another hub

Aiming at a target and actually hitting it too are two completely different things.

 

And with a little retrospecting into all those past hubs that were aimed at but never achieved I have a pretty good idea how this one is likely going to pan out.

 

But we'll see.

 

I probably might be less cynical about these dreadful NNT news pieces if they'd finally do away with those over-used, annoying "hub" and "No. 1" words and instead resorted to terms like "intends to increase its exports of" or "more vigorously promote exports of" and similar constructs. 

Do they also burn the herb fields here like they do everything else (rice, sugarcane etc. etc.)?  Hub of smoke. 

31 minutes ago, Venom said:

Do they also burn the herb fields here like they do everything else (rice, sugarcane etc. etc.)?  Hub of smoke. 

See post 2. ????????

6 hours ago, webfact said:

This keeps the herb market growing significantly with little competition.

So why when I go to my local Big C why can I only find packets of ground chillies?

When I look for other natural herbs they are very limited in number, usually in a tiny over-priced bottle.

No fresh herbs at all.

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

So why when I go to my local Big C why can I only find packets of ground chillies?

Because everything else has been exported  already hence the thinking they are the No.1 Herb export hub.

2 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Aiming at a target and actually hitting it too are two completely different things.

 

And with a little retrospecting into all those past hubs that were aimed at but never achieved I have a pretty good idea how this one is likely going to pan out.

 

But we'll see.

 

I probably might be less cynical about these dreadful NNT news pieces if they'd finally do away with those over-used, annoying "hub" and "No. 1" words and instead resorted to terms like "intends to increase its exports of" or "more vigorously promote exports of" and similar constructs. 

Well he is supposed to be an Army General so he should be able to hit his targets if he practiced enough before!!! 5555????????????????????????????????

7 hours ago, overherebc said:

Price of chilli and coriander etc in India starting to drop due to falling demand being reported in the TOI.

Would that affect spice and herb exports from Thailand?

Well they are having a hard time selling their overpriced rice so the herbs will probably be overpriced. I buy most of herbs spices in Bangkok which are imported from India and cheaper than local Thai stuff

21 minutes ago, Knocker33 said:

Well they are having a hard time selling their overpriced rice so the herbs will probably be overpriced. I buy most of herbs spices in Bangkok which are imported from India and cheaper than local Thai stuff

Best bargain prices for spices/herbs etc I found in the market in Penang. Might be a while before I get back there I reckon. ????

Lately I'm finding that I just can't handle chilli, even in small doses. I've never been able to eat corriander, I'm in the small % of people who get a horrible taste of soap from it.

Edited October 5, 20205 yr by overherebc

5 hours ago, Chassa said:

The Hub of Herbs!

Try saying it five times when smoking the other herb....

 

Click bait !

Not the herb i was thinking

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So why when I go to my local Big C why can I only find packets of ground chillies?

When I look for other natural herbs they are very limited in number, usually in a tiny over-priced bottle.

No fresh herbs at all.

try shopping at a market

Thai sticks should be part of the herbs. 

6 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

try shopping at a market

Same result.

17 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

damn, another hub

Hubs are only as good as the "axle" and with this government being the "Axle," it's sure to fail.

Actually the photo shows Spices, not herbs, more

sterling reporting,seems they don't know their Anise from their elbow ...

regards Worgeordie