The Lao-Chinese railway to Chongqing delivered its first Thai rice shipment of 1,000 tonnes, boosting hopes to strengthen bilateral trade and profit the financial system. More rice exports, and other farm exports, will comply with, says the advisor to Thailand’s Agricultural Minister. The advisor added that the Thai government is looking into exporting fruit, orchids, rubber, cassava, palm oil as well as fishery and livestock products on the new railway. Thai fruit is in a position to stay contemporary after the journey, because it solely takes one to two days. This will allow it to be sold in Chinese markets.
The advisor said the train carried this primary cargo of rice in 20 cartridges. The railway began its companies early final month. It might at some point increase even past China, to East Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Russia, and Europe. Marked down of academic affairs in ASEAN studies at Chulalongkorn University added that the railway is a good alternative for Thailand to have enterprise alternatives.
He also advised Thailand focus on upgrading the first Thai-Lao friendship bridge linking Thailand’s northeastern border provinces Nong Khai and the Laos capital Vientiane simply across the Mekong river. He says the bridge is too small with restricted capability to expand..