EU-THAILAND FREE TRADE AGREEMENT MAY LEAD TO LIFTING OF EU MARBLE, GRANITE STONES IMPORTS BAN ON THE THAI MARKET
March 1st, 2013
NEGOTIATIONS for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Thailand, removing tariffs and non-tariff barriers, may erase restrictions on exports of cut and polished marble and granite stones from the EU to Thailand.At the moment European exporters of these minerals, as well as other monumental or building stone, need prior authorisation from the Thailand ministry of commerce. According to the European Commission’s directorate general for trade, imports of this stone is only authorised for specified construction projects. No cut and ...
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