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Reviewing Agricultural Trade Policies

To Promote Intra-OIC Agricultural Trade

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Figure 4.54 and 4.55 show respectively, Thailand’s exports and imports of agri-food products

from OIC countries. The total agri-food products exports show a clear decreasing trend while

the only group maintaining a stable trend around 10% is the Asian group, the other two groups

share being very low and decreasing. When it comes to the imports of agri-food products, the

total exceeded only modestly 1 billion USD, before going down and stabilizing around 1 billion

USD. Thailand imports of agri-food products from OIC countries comes largely from the Asian

group. There is only a turn upwards in the imports from the African group in 2016, however it

is difficult to say anything at this stage.

Figure 4. 54 Thailand’s Agri-Food Products Exports to the OIC Groups

Source: CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’ calculations

Figure 4. 55 Thailand’s Agri-Food Products Imports from the OIC Groups

Source: CEPII BACI, Eurostat RAMON, UN Comtrade, UN Trade Statistics, and authors’ calculations

For agricultural raw materials exports of Thailand to the OIC countries, the Asian group

dominates. However the volume is very low and diminishing, the same situation is observed in

imports with the Asian group having the largest share with the African group having a higher

share than in the exports, although a volume of imports in 2016, less than 100 million USD.

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