Thai-Cambodian border trade thriving

22 August 2012
Pattaya Mail
Economy and commerce / Trade
ASEAN community / Border / Buachet / Cambodia / Chong Jom / Kap Choeng / Phanom Dong Rak / Sangkha districts / Surin province / Surin Provincial Office / Thailand

The border trade between Thailand and Cambodia from January to April this year is worth over 26 billion baht, which is an increase of 25.5 percent year-on-year. According to Mr. Sittiporn Bangkaew, Director of the Surin Provincial Office of Commercial Affairs, Surin province shares a border of over 120 kilometers with Cambodia at Buachet, Phanom Dong Rak, Kap Choeng and Sangkha districts. He said ahead of the formation of the ASEAN Community in 2015, the border trade in the area has flourished, with approximately 900 million baht being generated each year at the Chong Jom border checkpoint…

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