Uzbekistan, Thailand Plan To Increase Trade Turnover Volume
Date
7/20/2024 3:11:56 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Uzbekistan and Thailand plan to bring the trade turnover to $500
million in the near future, Azernews reports.
The news followed a meeting between Uzbekistan's Acting Deputy
Minister of Investment, industry and Trade Shokhrukh Gulamov with a
Thai delegation headed by Deputy Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Busadee Santipitaks.
The delegation included heads of such large Thai companies as
Samitivej Hospital, PTT Oil and Retail, Thai President Food, Siang
Heng, Marine Tech International, CTI Logistics and Anita Silk
Company.
During the meeting, the sides noted that the growth rates of
mutual trade between the two countries show positive results. The
volume of mutual trade increased by 170 percent in the first half
of this year.
Uzbekistan thanked Thailand for granting visa-free regime for
its citizens for up to 60 days.
As a result of the meeting, the sides reached agreements on the
elaboration of a plan of joint measures to develop trade, economic
and investment cooperation, including the implementation of joint
projects in the spheres of agriculture, tourism, food industry,
manufacture of textile and electrical products.
Earlier, Thailand officially introduced visa-free entry for up
to 60 days for citizens of Uzbekistan.
The new regime applies to visitors through all border posts.
Thailand introduced this regime unilaterally to stimulate the
economy and may cancel it in the future.
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