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Fri, 07/22/2016 - 12:04
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Organic and Natural Expo 2016 set in Thailand in late July

BANGKOK, July 22 (TNA) - The Thai government, through the Ministry of Commerce, will organise the Organic and Natural Expo 2016, the 6th of its kind, during July 28-31, in which business operators from eight fellow member countries in the ASEAN Community (AC) will participate. Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn told journalists on Friday that during the four-day event, the largest of its kind in Thailand, organic products of all categories of goods, namely food, fruits and beauty items, as well as health-conscious services like restaurants, hotels and health shops from over 300 entrepreneurs will be on display at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre in Bangkok to create public awareness and promote Thai organic products to be widely recognised on the world market. Besides, the event will showcase Thailand's potential in organising such the grand organic expo in the region. Apiradi said the world's organic market has kept expanding in line with a changing trend in which global consumers pay more attention to their health and environmental conservation. According to the minister, the average value of the world's organic market currently stands at around 23 billion baht, 4 billion baht of which is Thailand's market share. The minister stressed that the government is, thus, ready to promote Thailand as a world major exporter of organic products. The minister acknowledged that business operators from seven other fellow member countries in AC, including Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam, known as (CLMV), along with those from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore will participate in the upcoming event together with their Thai counterparts. The minister anticipated that the four-day event, in which a business seminar expected to be attended by more than 1,000 people is a part, should attract at least 40,000 international visitors and result in sale value and purchase orders totaling at least 30 million baht. (TNA)

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