Sugar production in THAILAND

Sugar production in THAILAND

      Sugar is Commodity goods  with the movement of the price based on world market price. By now, THAILAND have sugar factory more over 40 place, which distribution in area of sugarcane farming ,THAILAND production sugar approximately 80 sack per year, Thai people consume sugar around 30 kg/person/year in November-December, 2012 amount of domestic sugar consumption are 450, 621.70 tons while consumption abroad is between 10-70 kg/person/year in overall since January-December total in the years 2012 it over two million tons. Increased 4%.

      In 2011-2012 sugar factory in THAILAND over 46 factory, have been stopped production of raw sugar, but there are some factories have taken raw sugar for melt and turn it into a white refined sugar in 2012-2013 there are 2 sugar factory open new in THAILAND, and have quantity of sugar produced from January – December 2012 total  9966 655.68 tons in this number have raw sugar4,923,697.70 tons, or 49% of the overall produced sugar

      THAILAND is a number 1 of exporters sugar cane and sugar in ASEAN.THAILAND have been exported to countries in the ASEAN about 2.73 million tons in the year 2011 while the market demand for imports approximately 2.9 million tons a year. When AEC  is launch  it will be opportunity of THAILAND  to expand market in this region. But THAILAND  need to improve the quality of product  and  to reduce costs in production process that will make THAILAND can competition with the countries in ASEAN.

Canned food & processed foods from THAILAND

Canned food & processed foods from THAILAND

      Thai country as major food exporter of the world. There are currently exports up to 9.6 9.6-trillion baht per year, in addition to export rice, sugar and shrimp. There are also Thai country exporting canned food and a lot of processed foods. The major product that make a lot of income to Thailand is canned fruits and canned tuna.

      Each year, Thailand exported  around  3-4 thousand million. The main market is Germany ,Netherlands ,United States, Canada ,Japan ,and also available in other markets that have a relatively high growth rate, Such as Cambodia, which has grown to 17% and 6% to China, This grows is a result of the country's strengths as a Thai is a manufacturer and exporter of canned fruit and vegetable products to major parts of the world. Especially, canned pineapple and pineapple juice with a standard factory in production and food safety according to international standards, such as HACCP and GMP,that make  product from THAILAND has been accepted in the world.

Thai Silver Jewelry in the World Market

Silver or white-metal jewelry market has gain interested around the world due to the continuously increase in gold price that now become an economic investing indicator. Therefore, silver jewelry has turned to be a precious jewelry instead of gold. Moreover, the skills in producing Thai silver jewelry are agreed as a neat high quality standard for over a century

Currently, the demand of Thai silver jewelry has been increased among buyers all over the world according to the factors of our special delicate skills, high standard as comparable to the level of European design, and the advance innovative design. All things consider, Thailand has become the world leader of silver jewelry export in both plain silver jewelry and Gem set silver jewelry. In 2009, Thai silver jewelry export valued almost 1/4 of world value or about 53.072 millions US dollar. This value will still be expected to increase continuously as long as the increase of gold price. Thailand will be the leader in both US and EU markets.

Even though Thai silver jewelry exporting has been increased constantly, we still face a few strong competitors in the world market like China and India. Both countries have high competitive advantages such as labor intensive and advance technology in production, which allow them to offer cheaper products into the market. These situations are completely effect Thailand, especially in the lower end market segment. Moreover, other competitors in the middle and high end markets like Turkey, Mexico and Italy have developed their production technology and marketing strategies which will cause more pressure to Thai silver jewelry to compete in the world market.

Furthermore, Thai silver jewelry that has value over 18 US dollars per dozen (H.S. code 7113.11.50) is likely to be eliminated the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) due to the high exporting value to US which almost reach the maximum value of 180 million US dollars. These are signs that show the decreasing in Thai silver jewelry export in the future.

However, Thailand still known and accepted as a delicated and high quality labor skills especially in the gem setting jewelry. Moreover, the high honesty in doing business is another main factor that help create higher image and reability than other competitors like China, India, and Sri Lanka.

The main factors that Thai jewelry producers need to improve are developing their own brands and designs to satisfy consumer behavior in each country, following fashion and trends, and partnering with world jewelry producers like China and India to gain competitive advantage in terms of material and labor cost.

Reference: Kasikorn Research Center, April 1, 2011