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DEP's
supportive program encourages Thai exporters to utilize e-commerce
as an essential strategy for boosting exports.
July 9, 2001
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The
Department of Export Promotion (DEP) recently organized its
e-commerce promotion campaign "IT for Exporting: An Adaptive
Strategy Toward e-Commerce", to encourage Thai exporters
to use the Internet to promote exports worldwide. thailand.com/Meet
World Trade joined this program as an e-commerce provider
for Thai exporters of Group I (agricultural and food products,
stationery products, etc.). The program was organized on July
9, 2001 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok.
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program was split into two sessions. The morning session comprising
training and seminars by experts from the government and private
sectors, such as Dr. Tanong Bhitaya, an assistant of the prime
minister on the economy, who delivered a talk entitled "An
Adaptive Strategy Toward e-Commerce", Mr. Trin Tontasetti,
Managing Director of Internet Thailand Co., Ltd., who talked
on "Exporting and the New Economy", and a seminar
entitled "What Do Exporters get from e-Commerce?"
with five agents from authorized online e-commerce providers
for Thai exporters. The afternoon session comprised private
discussions between Thai exporters in each group of products
and their corresponding online e-commerce providers.
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 H.E.
Dr. Adisai Bodharamik, Minister of Commerce, said in his opening
address, that information technology is today one of the driving
forces in every lifestyle. "The Internet, a fine tool for conducting
business and online payments, is an excellent channel of communication,
which presents fine opportunities to present Thai products to the
global market. It helps Thai exporters to create online trading
transactions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reduces costs of
personnel, documentation, communications and investment. It also
encourages a higher value of exports." He also added that for
all 8,300 members of the DEP, only 12 percent have their own web
sites and about 45 percent have e-mail.
 Dr.
Tanong Bhitaya, an assistant of the prime minister for the economy,
summarized in his lecture on "An Adaptive Strategy Toward e-Commerce",
that Thai exporters should introduce e-commerce trading to their
operations by owning their own web site, using online payment systems
and adjusting their technology to accommodate global trading.
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For
the afternoon session, thailand.com/Meet World Trade, as an
online e-commerce marketplace for Thai exporters of Group
I in the Foods, Agricultural Products/Minerals/Fuels, Pet
Food and Stationery Sectors, organized a seminar to introduce
its online service. The service includes do-it-yourself storefronts,
a trading platform, trade service partner linkages and full
customer support.
thailand.com/Meet
World Trade is a joint venture between thailand.com,
a major Thai portal and member of Nation Group, and Meet
World Trade, a US-based global trade portal, specialized
in cross-border trade with the emerging economies.
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thailand.com/Meet
World Trade is an e-commerce portal focusing on cross-border trade
between Thailand and the rest of the world. The site's online trading
process enables Thai exporters and global buyers to fulfill cross-border
transactions online, with an end-to-end online trading package, covering
the full spectrum of services from catalog building to secure negotiation,
export documentation and the final shipping of merchandise, through
a suite of cost-effective and convenient trade services.
In accordance
with the DEP's supportive policy, thailand.com/Meet World Trade
offers a free service for three products
for the first six months to Thai exporters in Group I,
with a very small cost for additional products or longer duration.
For
further information about thailand.com's free hosting service, Thai
exporters of Group I can call the Sales or Customer Service Departments
on +66 2 751-5555, send an e-mail to customerservice@thailand.com
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