Development Strategies Of Sino-Thai Natural Rubber Trade

Thailand and China have had a long history of trade relations and a mutually beneficial cooperation, especially in natural rubber trade. China is the world’s largest natural rubber consumer country, while Thailand is the world’s largest natural rubber producing country. Due to China’s economic rapid development, especially in the automotive and tire industry, making the development of the natural rubber industry in China is very important, the rapid increase in demand. Although China can produce rubber, but its production is not enough for domestic consumption, so must rely on imports. China’s biggest import market is Thailand, and Thailand’s largest export market is China, so the natural rubber trade relations between the two countries very closely. Although the China and Thailand bilateral natural rubber trade has been very close and stability, but also tend to keep some problems.This thesis focuses on the current natural rubber trade development and existing problems in China and Thailand. Through a lot of data analysis study showed that the situation in Thailand’s natural rubber trade, the development of its industry and the existing problems between the two countries for the natural rubber trade, and then a simple analysis of what will impact on the China-Thailand natural rubber trade after Thailand joined AEC (Asean Economics Community) in 2015. The more depth understanding of the situation of China-Thailand natural rubber trade can be used as a repository for any researcher and later on in the Thai people who are interested in the China-Thailand natural rubber trade, and as countermeasures reference of the natural rubber Trade develop for the two governments and any entrepreneurs, also.