The revision will focus on urging Australia to increase the number of goods subject to zero tariffs from the current 224 products, which mainly are textiles and garments, rubber gloves, ornaments and leather goods.
Srirat Rastapana, directorgenฌeral of the Trade Negotiations Department, said Thailand would also ask for greater market opportunities for foods, including pineapple, shrimp and chicken, after they faced a wall of high sanitary standards, despite zero duties.
Australia has retained its import tariff for textiles and garments at 5 per cent and will cut it to zero by 2015. However, Thai exporters have complained of facing access difficulties due to stringent ruleoforigin and nontariff barriers.
On the other hand, the government will also disฌcuss with the Thai private sector proposed reduction of its import tariffs for 475 remaining products under the freetrade agreement with Australia.
Australia will also be asked to allow the import of Thai fireextinguisher balls. Australia considers the product a toy rather than a real fire extinguisher. Srirat said the fireextinguisher company will send a letter to assist with the negotiation explaining that the product has a clear working objective.
The department has found that twoway trade has witnessed significant growth in the past five years since implementation of the ThailandAustralia FTA in 2005. Last year, bilateral trade surged 24.19 per cent to US$15.33 billion (Bt468.9 billion), with $3.39 billion worth of exports from Thailand.
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