Thailand will call on Japan to raise its import quotas for cooked pork, mangoes and limes.
Sirinart Chaimun, director-general of the Trade Negotiations Department, said Thailand would ask Japan to raise the import quota for cooked pork from 1,200 to 12,000 tonnes.
The request will come during a visit to Japan by a Thai delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak from Nov 25-28.
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The quota is now taxed at 16% and the import tariff for non-quota trade reaches 20%.
Thailand now ships 6,400 tonnes of pork a year to Japan.
After a meeting between Japanese Ambassador Shiro Sadoshima and Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn yesterday, Ms Sirinart said Thailand would also ask Japan to allow more imports of mangoes and limes.
More details were not immediately available.
Japan, meanwhile, has asked Thailand to allow a higher import quota for premium-grade steel from that country.
Through the Japanese Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Japan had earlier asked the government to increase imports of high-quality Japanese steel for use in the automotive sector, tax-free under the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement.
The JCC suggested 1.5 million tonnes this year, but the Thai government issued a quota of only 530,000 tonnes.
Ms Sirinart said that during Mr Somkid's visit, the Thai government would solicit Japanese support for Thailand's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bloc.
Japan is one of 12 Pacific Rim countries that signed the pact on Oct 5.
TPP members account for 40% of global trade and a combined US$28 trillion in GDP.
"Japan is not only the leading trade partner of Thailand but has also played a vital part in Thailand's economic development through the years," Ms Sirinart said.
"Over the past five years, two-way trade between the two countries has amounted to $63.6 billion a year on average."
However, two-way trade fell by 9.14% last year to $57.5 billion due mainly to the global economic slowdown. For the first eight months of this year, two-way trade shrank by