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The Ministry of Commerce is gearing up its preparation for the upcoming ‘Made in Thailand, Special, 2008’ event and is inviting leading Thai entrepreneurs to take this opportunity to show the world their impressive production capabilities and to open the door to the world marketplace. The Thai merchandise extravaganza is scheduled to take place between August 8th-17th, 2008, on a grand venue of 83,000 m2 at Challenger 1-3 and Hall 3-6, IMPACT Muang Thong Thani.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce, Mingkwan Sangsuwan, revealed that, “The Department of Export Promotion is assigned by the Ministry of Commerce to ensure that the Made in Thailand event this year will be the grandest ever. The exhibition area for ‘Made in Thailand, Special, 2008’ will skyrocket from 27,000 m2 last year to 83,000 m2 occupying the entire Challenger 1-3 and Hall 3-6 of IMPACT Muang Thong Thani. The number of exhibition booths will also increase from 2,500 to 4,200, to
accommodate a greater number of enthusiastic visitors from Thailand and overseas. This 10-day shopping extravaganza is expected to welcome as many as 500,000 visitors from around the world, including emerging new markets such as ASEAN countries, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.”

“The underlying concept of this event is to promote a diversified variety of quality Thai products at very special prices, in order for Thai people to buy good-quality products at highly affordable prices.
The event is aimed at stimulating Thai people to buy quality products and services from within the country,as well as, to reduce imported products from overseas. The event will also show the world the impressive production capabilities of Thai manufacturers and convince international investors to relocate their production bases to Thailand.”, added the Minister.

Source: Exhibitions in the world