Manufacturing in Thailand
The manufacturing industry continues to gain steam as suppliers in Thailand expand into new categories for export. With the central regions of Thailand still the primary location for manufacturing and the north-eastern areas more associated with quality hand-made goods.
Thai suppliers have long exported a large array of goods including textiles and garments, agricultural goods, food and beverage and electrical goods like computers and electrical appliances. Plastics and automotive parts are manufactured for large car companies like Toyota, Mercedes Benz and Honda.
The Thailand capital of Bangkok is where many of the goods are exported from with a large port giving access to shipping containers and logistics companies. With such a convenient geographical location near Australia, many wholesalers in Thailand will be comprised of both Thai and Australian workers in order to help create lasting strong relationships.
In order to maintain successful business relationships, it is important to understand how wholesalers in Thailand operate culturally. With similar business dress sense and traditions to Western counterparts, Thai business meetings will often include informal conversation or small talk at both the beginning and end of meetings and there is an expectation that close relationships are formed and a mutual understanding is developed in order to move forward with business deals and operations.
