The Thai government plans to organize a series of agricultural roadshows in northern China to boost the agricultural products' exports to China by 10 percent this year.
Currently, most of Thailand's agricultural trade is done with Southern China, the website by Bangkok Post said on Tuesday.
The roadshows, which are planned to be conducted in Tianjin, Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang, and Xi'an from June 6-15, would bolster sales of Thai agricultural products in the region.
Thailand's agricultural product shipments to China have remained promising despite declining exports in the first four months of the year, Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai said on Monday.
Exports of agriculture, livestock, and fishery products to China were valued at 4.21 billion U.S. dollars during a period of January to April, down 23.9 percent from 5.54 billion U.S. dollars year-on-year, according to the Thai Commerce Ministry.
The country's overall agricultural product shipments for the period were 44.21 billion U.S. dollars, down 21.92 percent.
In light of China's high purchasing power, "we hope the upcoming agricultural roadshows, with availability of Thai key fruits such as mangoes, durian, and mangos teen, would help boost our agricultural exports (to China) by at least 10 percent this year," said Porntiva.
In 2008, Thailand's agricultural products to China were valued at 16.19 billion U.S. dollars, up 9.05 percent, while the country's overall agricultural product shipments amounted to 177.84 billion U.S. dollars, a rise of 15.58 percent from the previous year.
The sector's five major exports to China were rubber, tapioca products, rice, frozen and dry fruits, and fresh, frozen and dry fish.
In a related development, Thailand's agricultural conglomerate -- the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group and the Commerce Ministry are holding the Thai Fruit Festival in Shanghai from May 14 to June 7.
The Festival aims to raise Chinese consumers' awareness of a wide range of Thai fruits, said Phaichit Viboontanasarn, director of Thai Commercial Affairs in Shanghai.
Source: Xinhua
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