BANGKOK, April 7 (TNA) – A Thai shippers’ group expects
exports to fall by more than 8 percent this year as an impact of the
coronavirus pandemic.
Chairwoman of the Thai National Shippers’ Council (TNSC)
Ghanyapad Tantipipatpong said the council forecasts shipments to contract by 8
percent as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on exports became more
evident.
Ghanyapad said the TNSC proposed that the government
introduce further aid measures for shippers and business operators such as
low-interest loans, credit repayment extension and suspension of debt payments.
Amid Covid-19 crisis, the TNSC viewed growing trade via
online platform, baht depreciation and lower oil prices as positive factors,
she said. (TNA)
