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Presented By:Rushabh Bhadiyadra Jignesh Jain Tapan Bhatt Vivek Joshi Dhruv Desai Nitin Jaiswal
About Thailand
Thailand is located in the center of peninsular Southeast Asia It is formally known as Kingdom of Thailand Bangkok is its capital The traditional founding date is 1238. But it was never colonized. Its literacy rate is 92.6% The major Thai industries are based on Crops and include Rubber products, Textile products and Food, Drink, Tobacco process & Electronics The Thai language is its main language. Countrys total population now is 61.5 million Climatically it is a tropical country, Thailand has three distinct seasons.
Indo-Thai Relations
The links between India and Thailand can be traced back to almost 2,000 years In 1996 Thailand initiated the Look West Policy aimed at exploring new markets, sources of energy and new investments flows
Look West policy is the best compliment of the Indias look East policy.
Thailand and India also have a strong relationship of cooperation in the East Asia Summit (EAS) MoU on Cooperation in Information Technology (2001) Framework Agreement on Thai-Indian FTA (2003) Agreement on Tourism Cooperation (2003) MoU on Thai-Indian Educational Cooperation (2005) MoU on Air Services between India and Thailand (2006)
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Agreement on Trade (1968) Agreement on Cultural Cooperation (1977) Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (1985) Joint Trade Committee (1989)
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MoU on Cooperation in Information Technology (2001) Framework Agreement on Thai-Indian FTA (2003) Agreement on Tourism Cooperation (2003)
Economy of Thailand
Thai exports - mostly machinery and electronic components, agricultural commodities, and Jewellery that contributes to more than half of GDP. The economy probably continued to experience high growth into 2011. Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Industry constituted 44.5 percent of GDP Services with a 44.1 percent share. Agriculture accounted for the remaining 11.4 percent.
Sectors
The services sector is Thailand's fastest growing sector, largely fueled by the boom in tourism. Thailands financial services are provided by 34 commercial banks, of which 13 are domestic and 21 are foreign.
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Automobiles and Automotive parts (11%) Financial Services (9%) Electric appliances and components (8%) Tourism(6%) Cement Auto Manufacturing Heavy and light Industries, Appliances, Computer sand parts, Furniture, Plastics , Textiles and Garments Agricultural processing, Beverages, Tobacco
only the hardware segment of the industry is involved in export The largest constituent of Thailands computer and parts industry is the manufacturing of hard disk drives (HDD) and related components, accounting for over 68 percent of computer and parts production value
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The manufacturing of hard disk drives (HDD) and related components, accounting for over 68 percent of computer and parts production value. The hard disk drive industry in Thailand began in 1983 with Seagates investment in head-stack assembly Thailand has become one of the worlds important production sites for hard disk drives and related components
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The hard disk drive industry in Thailand revolves around finished assembly and component manufacturing by three companies:
Seagate, Western Digital and Fujitsu
POLICIES AND NORMS OF THAILAND FOR HARD DISK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY FOR IMPORT/EXPORT Overall national development policies Investment promotion policies Foreign direct investment
POLICIES AND NORMS OF INDIA FOR HARD DISK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY FOR IMPORT/EXPORT Foreign Investment Policy
Government policies have always played a vital role in building up a successful electronics industry.
Thai Government now began to emphasize developing local support industry and building up domestic innovative capacities.
Bibliography
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