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ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
การสนับสนุนการลงทุนในประเทศเพื่อนบ้าน
HORIZONS ISSUE 11
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Currently the BOI has dual goals - home promotion in Thailand and international investment
- meaning support for Thai investors overseas.
Some businesses such as manufacturing may
not be competitive in Thailand because domestic
production costs may be too high, or because
of the need to relocate to a new manufacturing
base. With regard to neighboring countries all
activities here focus on SME’s because major
companies have the resources and manpower
which SMEs do not have so we have to help them
at this point. To do this we organise trips to
explore better ways to invest; meet the agencies
(such as BOI) of other countries, and meet with
the Chamber of Commerce for Business Matching
opportunities. Another function is to bring entrepreneurs to fairs in neighboring countries as well
– a good, marketing opportunity.
SUBCON Thailand 2016 is one of the events
that BUILD has co-organised with UBM for
many years. People have asked why the BOI
organises a fair. We tell them that we are not
professional fair organisers but SUBCON Thailand
is an event that we initiated and its benefits
enabled it to become an annual event. This
year, we are celebrating its 10th anniversary
and the feedback we receive gets better every
year. This is the policy for all Thai BOI Foreign
Offices - to invite groups of buyers to take part
in SUBCON Thailand. Foreign companies that
attend the show will see that Thai capability
and exhibiting companies bring opportunity to
sell and opportunities for foreign companies to
enter into joint ventures. This is like shooting a
bird with one bullet and getting a whole flock in
return. The latest figures for the previous year
showed that more than 4,600 business partnerships were established with a trade value of
7,900 million baht. This is considered very cost
effective for BOI in organising the event. Each year,
the BOI has grown bigger and helped more
entrepreneurs on the road to success.
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