Market Briefs

Representatives from Phuket businesses and other organisations will travel to Nanning City in Guangxi, China, for the 5th ChinaAsean Expo (CAEXPO), to be held from October 2225.

Phuket Vice Governor Smith Palawatwichai met officers from the Department of Export Promotion (DEP), the Phuket Office of the Software Industries Promotion Agency (SIPA) and Phuket business operators at the local provincial hall on Tuesday to discuss Phuket's representation at the event.

The expo will comprise 3,000 booths allocated in four pavilions: Pavilion of Commodity Trade, Pavilion of Investment Cooperation, Pavilion of Agricultural Applicable Technology and Pavilion of Cities of Charm.

DEP deputy directorgeneral Niramol Charoenphao explained that Thailand will be represented in the Pavilion of Cities of Charm and this year the DEP is planning to promote the nation's information and communications technology as its star at the event along with the many other Thai products and services usually presented at international expo events. - Phuket Gazette

Bargains at Pet expo

Srisiri Home Fashion, an importer of pet products from Japan under brand 'Iris Oyama', is offering discounts of up to 50 per cent for pet products at Pet Expo 2008, which runs for the next three days at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.— The Nation